Special Needs
Jewish children with special learning needs thrive at The Emanuel, as do their parents. We have successfully guided children with Autism, Tourettes Syndrome, and Fragile X to Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebrations.
- Our Resource Room teachers evaluate each child’s learning style and give extra help as well as enrichment as needed.
- With the help of one of our older students as a personal aide, most children can be mainstreamed into regular classes.
- All children participate in family programs, where they and their parents are accepted as a valued part of The Emanuel community.
Special learning needs should be discussed with Judith T. Fox, our Director of Education, to design an appropriate individual plan.
Our synagogue hosts Ozreinu, a support group, affiliated with National Ozreinu, for Jewish families with children with special needs. Meetings include Torah study and mutual support. In addition, our facility is equipped for handicapped accessibility.
Our high school students are presently doing a Unified Theater Purim play, This will serve as a model for other religious organizations that could use Unified Theater to engage and include their members with special needs and allow students to explore and lead in theater. The students are creating their own interpretation and retelling of the Esther story with some modern adaptations, fun characters, and music. It will be performed February 28th, 2010.
CONTACT Judith T. Fox, Director of Education, (860) 233-2774, judyefox@emanuelsynagogue.org