Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School provides comprehensive special education services teacher services that are age and developmentally appropriate. Lessons are student-centered to ensure success inside and outside of the school building. All lessons are developed to be creative, predictable, and consistent. This allows us to capitalize on what students already know and what they’ve learned in previous lessons. All sessions are structured and follow clear routines to help students thrive. The session's routines and expectations help the students gain independence. Student progress is frequently monitored which allows for modification of grouping, creating goals, writing IEPS, and communicating with teachers and families.

TMALS offers comprehensive and dynamic speech and language intervention services to support students in meeting their full potential. Speech and language intervention sessions target all domains pertinent to school such as receptive language (i.e., how we understand language), expressive language (i.e., how we produce language), pragmatic language (i.e., social communication skills) and speech sounds (i.e., articulation and phonology). Speech and language intervention supports students' success in academics by targeting the foundational skills that are necessary to access the curriculum. Speech and language intervention services use a variety of treatment approaches and modalities to best suit each student. Speech and language services are an important component of students' academic success!

Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School provides comprehensive occupational therapy services that are age and developmentally appropriate. The sessions are 30 minutes in length and provided in a group or individual. Students that receive OT services work on their fine motor skills through a variety of techniques that include

TMALS offers comprehensive physical intervention services to support students in meeting their full potential. PT sessions target all domains pertinent to school Students learn coordination, balance, and proper structure. Physical Therapy supports students' success in academics by targeting the foundational skills that are necessary to access and navigate through their school community. PT intervention services use a variety of treatment approaches and modalities to best suit each student.