Swank Educational Academy (SEA) in Westlake Hills

School for Children with Developmental Delays

Swank Educational Academy

SEA Half-Day, Four Days per Week

The SEA schedule is 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Thursdays. It is therapeutic education that is individualized and intensive. Because of individualized assessment the intervention is more efficient and effective. The schedule provides time for outside therapies as well as allows for outside recreational, art, music, sports, or other activities. The Lead Therapist is a Ph.D. Speech-Language Pathologist with specialization in Child Language Development and Disorders.

Objective of SEA

  • To serve the community of children with developmental delays.
  • The approach is therapeutic.
  • We implement demonstration, hands-on, visual-spatial and oral-motor language emphasis for academic and social skills development.
  • For students to acquire communication skills in all four language modalities of
    (1) Listening, (2) Speaking, (3) Reading and (4) Writing.
  • To identify individual learning styles so students thrive academically and socially.
  • To transition SEA students to schools that match their unique learning style.

Benefits of SEA

Children with developmental delays and unique learning styles do not typically thrive in traditional school settings. Our program provides small classes with individualized therapeutic instruction. The student-teacher ratio is 1-3. We also provide end of the year standardized testing (ITBS) to identify traditional grade placement.

The Difference of SEA:

  • Focus on child language development and disorders as they relate to the acquisition of academic and social skills.
  • It is therapeutic rather than curriculum driven.
  • Children are taught to their unique learning styles and developmental level.