The Gore Family Foundation’s Special Education Teacher (S.E.T) Program focuses on assessing and addressing the learning loss and other social and emotional issues affecting our basic school students. Our S.E.T’s assess our students at the beginning and end of each school year using a developmental milestone checklist which assesses movement, language/communication, cognitive and social and emotional development. Our S.E.T’s target the social and emotional needs of students by implementing the Second Step program in our schools.

S.E.T’s provide academic support to teachers and children in our schools by teaching classes and having one on one sessions with students where this is deemed to be necessary. They identify and provide effective early intervention services to our students who display developmental delays and are at risk of being left behind. We believe that interventions have the strongest impact when offered during the first few years of a child’s life. Specialized tools and curricula such as the Reach Up and Learn Program are used to facilitate learning and assist our S.E.T’s to successfully prepare students for the next grade level.