The Joseph Sams School Application Checklist

Please enclose all requested items with the application form

Please submit the following documents via email to Leah Shaw at leahshaw@josephsamsschool.org.

  • Recent photograph of child
  • Copy of current Psychological, Neurological, Speech, and Language Reports

If applicable:

  • Most recent Progress Report
  • Most recent Behavioral Assessment
  • Current IEP
  • Current Eligibility from Public School System

After receipt of required documents, The Joseph Sams School Staff will contact you to verify receipt and schedule an assessment.

$300.00
Applicant Information
Family Information
MOTHER'S INFORMATION
First and Last
What talents, resources, interests or professional skills would you as a parent/guardian be willing to share with The Joseph Sams School? Please describe.

FATHER'S INFORMATION
First and Last
What talents, resources, interests or professional skills would you as a parent/guardian be willing to share with The Joseph Sams School? Please describe.
If the child does not live with the parents in one household, please complete the following
I give The Joseph Sams School permission to share Applicant’s information with the above-mentioned person.
I give The Joseph Sams School permission to share Applicant’s information with the above-mentioned person.
Permission to Provide Records and Reports
Does The Joseph Sams School have permission to provide records and reports to the parent not living in the home?

This includes permission to provide reports for the following;
Medical History and Information
Seizure Information
Educational History
Speech Therapy Information
Motor Skills Information
Behavioral Information
Motivators
Medical History and Information
DIAGNOSIS:
Please list all the applicant’s diagnoses, and the dates they were made. Please include health related as well as developmental diagnoses. Please attach supporting documentation to the diagnosis if available.
INJURIES/ILLNESSES:
Please list any significant past injuries, surgeries or extended illnesses, and the dates they occurred (Including tubes and removal of tonsils and adenoids).
ALLERGIES:
Please list any allergies from which the Applicant suffers. Please include all allergies (environmental, food and medication). Please attach an additional sheet if necessary.
SEIZURE INFORMATION:
If your child has a history of seizures, please describe what a “typical” seizure looks like, how long it may last, etc. Please know that it is a JSS policy to call 911 for seizures lasting 5 or more minutes.
Educational History
CURRENT SCHOOL & SERVICES
Current Therapies
Please list all therapies the applicant is currently enrolled in (speech, physical, occupational, etc).
Speech Therapy Information
FEEDING INFORMATION
SPEECH/LANGUAGE/VERBAL
How does your child primarily communicate?
Verbal
Behaviours
Gestures
Eye Gaze
AAC Devices
PECS
Sign Language
EATING
Does the Applicant have any of the following feeding problems? Please indicate all that apply.
Food Refusal (refuses all or most foods)
Food Selectivity by Type (eats only a narrow variety of foods)
Food Selectivity by Texture (eats only specific textures)
Oral Motor Delays Problems with chewing - lip closure
Oral Motor Delays Problems with chewing - tongue lateralization
Dysphagia (problems with swallowing)
Abnormal Preferences Refuses food if not a certain temperature
Eats only certain brands
Must have a certain utensil or certain dinnerware to eat
Motor Skills Information
The following questions are related to motor skill development for the Applicant. If the applicant does not have issues in this area, please move to the next section. Please indicate what the applicant can do or where he/she may need improvement.
Does the applicant have full range of motion in his/her arms and legs and is able to make all gross motor movements that are typical of children the same age?
PLEASE CHECK:
SITTING
Sit independently in a regular chair
Sit with some assistance to sit in a regular chair; describe
Needs full support to sit
STANDING
Stands independently
Stands with some assistance; describe:
Needs full support to stand
Not yet able to stand
WALKING
Walks independently
Walks with some assistance; describe:
Needs full support to walk
Not yet able to walk

Transition from sitting to standing and standing to sitting (this section is to determine how much help the applicant needs to go from different positions or equipment)
Able to transition independently to/from a chair
Able to transition independently to/from the floor
Needs some assistance to transition to/from a chair, describe:
Needs some assistance to transition to/from the floor; describe:
Not yet able to help with transitions
Behavioral Information
The following questions are related to problematic behaviors that the Applicant may demonstrate as well as current and previous interventions used. Please indicate all behaviors that have occurred over the last six months and describe to the best of your abilities.
Does the Applicant engage in Physical Aggression (Any attempt to come in contact with another person with force using either his/her own body or an object. Examples are hitting, kicking, biting, scratching, throwing objects)?
(Any attempt to harm themselves. Examples head banging, biting, poking eyes etc.)
Rocking, Hand Flapping, Repeating Vocalizations, Other
Please indicate any other behaviors that have occurred in the past 6 months.
Attention Seeking Behaviors
Noncompliance
Yelling/Screaming
Throwing/Dumping Objects
Running/Elopement
Whining/Crying
Spitting
Putting nonedible items in mouth
(ex. loud noises, animals, swinging, tickles, etc.)
Please briefly describe behaviors that the Applicant currently demonstrates that you would like to see decrease and or stop.
MOTIVATORS:
What items/ activities are most motivating to the Applicant?

VISUAL MOTIVATORS
TV/movies
Computer
Video Games
Wind up toys
Light up toys
Books
Balloons
Glittery/Shiny items
AUDITORY MOTIVATORS
Music
Books with Sound
Whistles
Musical Instruments
Singing
TACTILE (TOUCH MOTIVATORS)
Squishy/Stress balls
Lotion
Sands
Beans
Shaving Cream
Play Doh
Finger Painting
KINETIC (MOVEMENT) MOTIVATORS
Trampolines
Bounce Toys
Rolling
Spinning
Jumping
Swinging
Rocking
Parent Expectations
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