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Handle with Care is a program that gives academic and social support, as well as helping with emotional and behavioral regulation.

Handle with Care staff work to maximize student success: offering a place where students are supported with the main goal of returning to the classroom ready to engage.

To give children a safe place to regulate their bodies, so they can successfully engage in class.

Although Highcroft does not offer a special needs program, we do provide a student support program called, "Handle with Care." This program provides support for the social/emotional, behavioral, and academic needs of students.

• Writing and implementing student support plans

• Providing materials to assist in regulation and learning

• Equipping students, teachers, and parents with tools and resources

• Providing sensory and gross motor breaks

• Assisting in self-regulation

• Communicating with parents, teachers, the school district, and outside services

• Coordinating with the school district and/or outside services

The Wayzata Campus partners with student support services to meet the needs of students.

The following frequently service students on campus:

• Occupational Therapy

• Speech Therapy

• Tutoring

*Student support services are funded by the parents.

• Drop-in care: A student who occasionally needs to visit HWC to support regulation or for academic support.

• Patterned care: A student who has a greater need for support may visit daily or weekly to help them be successful at school.

Work to regulate emotions - supporting student's emotions so they can peacefully return to class.

Work to calm the body - sensory or muscle movement to calm the nervous system so they are ready to engage in the classroom and with other students.

Work to complete classroom assignments - Providing an alternative space to focus on classroom work or to have a support staff assistance with work completion.