HEBREW SCHOOL

Children with Special Learning Needs or Learning Disabilities

For the past several years, the Hebrew School has worked in partnership with MATAN: The Gift of Jewish Learning for Every Child. MATAN, on its website, states that it "is a multi-disciplinary team of Jewish educators, special educators, and mental health professionals committed to designing and implementing modifications that enable Jewish day schools and supplemental schools to serve all children regardless of ability. Whether enrolled in dual curriculum or supplemental Jewish education programs, children face the demands of learning a second language, managing frequent transitions, organizing materials for many classes and coping with an extended day. These factors may be significant for all grade-school children, but for children with educational, attentional or behavioral difficulties, extra support is necessary in order to succeed in the enriched environment of a Jewish educational program."

BJHS has worked with MATAN to provide additional support to students, families and teachers in the Hebrew School. MATAN has provided the Hebrew School with consultation to help us develop and modify our curriculum to reach more learners. In our ongoing commitment to provide a Jewish education to as many of BJ's children as possible, we will again offer a MATAN class on Monday afternoons from 4-6pm, geared towards children in 5th and 6th grades with visual and auditory processing disabilities. The MATAN class will be integrated with the other 5th and 6th grade classes for periodic school-wide programming and our Mishpaha Family Learning Programs.

In addition, we are pleased to announce that we will add a second MATAN class for children in 3rd and 4th grades. These classes are open to both BJ members and non-members.

For more information about the MATAN classes, or to enroll, please contact Ivy Schreiber at ischreiber@bj.org or (212) 787-7600 x 225.