Resource

At Saint Bernadette School, we strive to support families whose parents wish for their child to receive a Catholic school education. Our Resource department works to provide support for students who benefit from specialized interventions in academic or behavioral areas. The department emphasizes a team approach with administration, teachers, students, and parents to ensure that all learners have the opportunity to succeed inside the classroom and in their greater community. 

The Resource department is composed of a director of resource, a school counselor, a school nurse, and two resource instructors. In partnership with teachers, these individuals work to support students' needs through differentiation and intervention strategies both in and out of the classroom. Our Resource department also works in collaboration with parents and teachers to provide appropriate accommodations or modifications based on private or public psychoeducational testing. Together, our team works with parents and providers to create Catholic Accommodation Plans (CAP) or Individualized Catholic Education Plans (ICEP) for students with specific learning needs. 

In preschool through third grade, our resource instructors work to identify and support students who benefit from intervention in reading and math. All resource instructors are trained in multisensory instruction and Orton Gillingham practices. Our goal in these early grades is to support teachers and parents in providing early intervention to assist the youngest learners in acquiring the necessary tools to meet their academic and social goals. In fourth through eighth grade, students who have been diagnosed with specific learning needs through psychoeducational testing receive a variety of support based on their unique learning profile. In all grades,  our counselor provides social-emotional support to students based on areas of need. In addition, our counselor supports each classroom through consistent in-class instruction on social emotional growth and development, such as self-control, kindness, gratitude, and respect.  As a Resource team, we work collaboratively to create responsive and supportive learning environments that serve the needs of our diverse student learners.