Immersion Model©
What Is It?
Created by The Wolf School in 1999, the Immersion Model © is a unique transdisciplinary method of instruction targeting Complex Learners’ individual academic, speech and language, occupational therapy, and social-emotional goals within the academic curriculum and classroom setting.
The Immersion Model © is developmentally and individually designed to meet each child’s academic skill level which enables students to make progress at their own pace. Classrooms offer a small teacher-student ratio, with Lower School classes having no more than nine students in a classroom, and Middle School classes with a maximum of eleven students, with a dedicated classroom team.
How Does The Immersion Model © Work?
Each Immersion Model© team includes a certified special education teacher, a speech and language pathologist, an occupational therapist, and 1-2 teacher assistants who collaborate and work together to collectively meet each student’s goals. The Immersion Model © team meets both formally and informally multiple times a week to assess students’ goal areas and create a seamless approach to learning. Together, the Immersion Model© team establishes a strong classroom community where students feel confident to take academic and social risks and are capable of generalizing their skills across settings.
Our specialized program focuses on the three prominent areas of learning: language processing/production, sensory regulation, and socially effective communication while also incorporating executive functioning skills, self-advocacy, sensory integration, social-emotional skills, and hands-on experiential learning. Our teaching model works to identify and assess each child’s strengths and areas of need resulting in each student learning individualized and effective strategies to help reach their optimal learning-ready state.
With a strong parent partnership that relies on communication and consistency, our families are able to help their children carryover their newfound skills and strategies into everyday life allowing the impact of the Wolf School to extend far beyond our own walls. With the Immersion Model©, we have created a welcoming and nurturing learning environment where students feel accepted, confident, and capable of reaching their full potential.