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Lakeland School reports therapist caseloads limit ability to accept tuition students
Summary
Lakeland School officials told the Walworth County Children with Disabilities Education Board that while classroom space exists, shortages and vacancies among therapists and special-education teachers mean the school cannot take on new tuition students now; a space-availability study will be revisited in July.
Lakeland School staff told the Walworth County Children with Disabilities Education Board on April 23 that the district cannot accept new tuition students at this time because therapy staff are at or above their capacity.
The school is currently serving 37 students, including participants in its 18-to-21 (LSU) program, and staff reported that occupational- and physical-therapy caseloads are “all over 70 percent,” with speech and language therapists also over capacity even though that department is fully staffed. Lakeland staff said the combination of high therapy caseloads, behaviour-regulation plans and…
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