Alpha School seeks to empower each student with skills for life, work and recreation.
Our focus is believing that every student possesses the dignity and potential to contribute to a better world. We offer a flexible curriculum to accommodate the different learning styles of our students.
A broad range of services are an integral component of the educational team. Services such as Occupational, Speech, Physical Therapy and Nursing Services are provided based on a child’s IEP.
Services include:
- Coordination of services with sending district
- Collaborative use of physical, sensory, communication and health strategies
- Staff/parent training in specific techniques
- Utilization of a dynamic treatment model
- Collaborative team meetings with classroom staff
- Ongoing staff education to promote well-being of our students
- Individual/small group sessions available
Meet our Related Services Coordinator/Speech Therapist, Beverly Holborow
I began working at the Alpha School in September 1996 as a staff Speech-Language Pathologist and Related Services Specialist. As the Related Services Specialist, I am responsible for coordinating Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy for all the students who attend the Alpha School. In addition, I act as a liaison between the therapy staff and the administration. I provide information regarding our therapy programs to parents and case managers looking to place students at our school. I collaborate with therapists from our sister schools, Harbor School and Gateway School, to gain new information and ideas to keep our therapy program dynamic. As a staff Speech-Language Pathologist, I provide speech and language therapy for Elementary through High school-aged students. I have mentored and supervised many students from various undergraduate and graduate programs in Speech Pathology. I developed a dog therapy program here at Alpha School. My therapy dog Vegas works with students in individual speech therapy sessions as well as larger class group sessions.
Additionally, she assists students experiencing anxiety and emotional difficulties. I have attended numerous continuing education courses in the areas of augmentative communication, oral-motor/feeding, and autism. I received formal training in the use of PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets) method. In 2002, I received the Ruth K. Newman award for Excellence in teaching special needs students.
I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Kean University in May of 1992. I went on to receive my Master of Arts degree in Speech Pathology from Kean University in August of 1993. My first job experience was as a Speech-Language Pathologist at the Children’s Center of Monmouth County. I have worked for a private practice in Monmouth County as well as for several agencies throughout Ocean County.
