EXCEL Special Education Services

School-Based Special Education And Educationally Related Mental Health Services

Lincoln’s school-based services are expanding to address the needs of Special Education Local Plan Areas (SELPA), school districts and charter schools to meet the individual needs of students with special education and behavioral health issues. With a goal to serve students within their school environment, Lincoln’s EXCEL program provides special education services that address students’ Individual Educational Plan (IEP) service needs.

For more than 30 years, Lincoln has served special education students through its Nonpublic School (NPS) and Day Treatment program (DTX), as well as providing mental health services to thousands of students on school campuses throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

With a network of professionals having expertise in assessment, special education, intensive mental health treatment and applied behavior analysis, Lincoln’s EXCEL program assists schools in reducing the number of students requiring nonpublic school placements and addresses the individualized needs of students with both behavioral and educational challenges.


Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) Development and Coordination

  • Initial assessment to determine a student’s needs for Educationally Related Mental Health Services (ERMHS) and the appropriate level of intervention
  • Coordination of and participation in IEP team
  • Coordination of educational testing and assessments

 

Integrated Mental Health Treatment

  • Mental health services integrated into the educational environment
  • Individual, group and family therapy
  • Skills-building and planning for individual clients
  • In-class supports that help students ‘in-the-moment’ to provide coaching and modeling of pro-social skills and coping strategies

Applied Behavior Analysis

  • Functional analysis assessment
  • Development of individualized positive behavior intervention plans to meet all Hughes Bill, CDE and IDEA requirements
  • Behavioral analyst consultation to IEP team and teacher 

Psychiatric and psychological assessment

  • Comprehensive psychiatric assessment and on-going psychiatric services
  • Culturally responsive psycho-diagnostic assessment and functional cognitive assessment of   co-occurring processing and learning difficulties

Social skills development

  • Guided informal group activities
  • Group therapy with a curriculum based on specific skill building
  • Whole classroom interventions on conflict resolution and community-building
  • Dyadic work to prepare children for participation in a group setting
  • Social skill groups with an emphasis on prevention of violence and bullying

 

Contract Coordination

Lincoln Child Center’s robust administrative services are able to contract with and coordinate services for:

  • Clinicians and intervention specialists
  • Behavioral analysts
  • Speech pathologists and therapists
  • Occupational and physical therapists

 

For more information please contact us at 510.531.3111