Special Education Schools (SPED)
Te Whirika Sara Cohen Specialist School is Dunedin's only specialist school, serving students with intellectual disabilities for over 100 years. The school provides excellence in education for students with diverse learning needs across the Otago region.
The school employs a dedicated team of highly trained Teacher Aides, Teachers, and Therapists who work together to support students in achieving their potential as learners and community members. Sara Cohen School offers an individualised curriculum tailored to each student, with goals set collaboratively between family, student, teacher, and therapist to ensure learning focuses on what matters most.
Services include specialist education programmes, therapy services, and an outreach service. The school supports students through their educational journey with transition programmes designed to prepare them for life beyond school. Parents and caregivers interested in specialist education for their child are encouraged to arrange a visit and tour of the facilities with the Principal to learn more about how the school can support their family's needs.
Community allied health services including occupational therapy, speech therapy, physiotherapy, and psychology. In-home, in-clinic, and telehealth options across Auckland.
Specialist school in central Auckland serving students with complex needs, formed from the merger of Carlson School for Cerebral Palsy and Sunnydene Special School.
Specialist school for students aged 5-21 with high and very high complex special needs, offering holistic education with integrated therapies across multiple Wellington sites.
Private speech and language therapy for children in Hamilton, offering assessment, therapy programmes, and parent group consultations with a warm, play-based approach.
38 Riselaw Road, Calton Hill, Dunedin 9012, New Zealand
New Zealand 9012
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