Ashira Elementary and High School
for Girls with Complex Disabilities
About Us
Ashira provides a professional and pleasant learning environment for girls with intellectual disabilities and those on the autistic spectrum. Our goal is to help these girl achieve maximum quality of life and independence. We love and respect each and every student, and we believe that it is possible to lead each one towards greater interpersonal communication and self-motivation.
Professionalism and Enrichment
Occupational therapy, speech therapy, physical therapy, emotional therapy, assisted communication technologies (including personal iPads and computers), music, sports, art, puppet theater, hydrotherapy, animal therapy, therapeutic horseback riding.
Target Population
Girls ages 6-21 with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities and/or autism.
Professional Staff
Our staff includes certified special education teachers, health professionals, , social worker, guidance counselor, medical counselor, school nurse.
Hours of Operation
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Vacations parallel those of the Ministry of Education.
Independence
One of our most important goals is encouraging independence, beginning with basic skills, such as eating, and including more complex tasks, such as using public transportation. All activities are broken down into smaller skill-sets that are practiced repeatedly, until the final goal is achieved.
Accessibility
The classrooms, curriculum, and professional guidance are provided in accordance with the specific needs, disabilities, and functional level of each student.
Advanced Technology
At Ashira, we utilize many advanced and innovative technologies to help our students advance. These include iPads and communication devices to encourage interpersonal communication and self-expression. In addition, we use sophisticated equipment for specific complex disabilities, including a computer that assist in focusing visual attention, as well as special physical therapy equipment.
Interpersonal Communication
The students at Ashira learn social skills and appropriate interaction with their environment. Our curriculum, which focuses on alternative communication skills and speaking up for oneself, encourages students to initiate communication, articulate their needs, and make choices on their own.
Integration in the Community
Ashira runs an inclusion program to help the students learn about proper conduct and tact in social settings.
Personal Safety
Ashira has a comprehensive personal safety curriculum
Hygiene and Appearance
The students at Ashira learn about proper self-care. They are toilet-trained and achieve a high level of ability in the realms of personal hygiene and self-care.
Preparing for Adulthood
Beginning in 9th grade, the students take courses geared towards attaining skills that will help them in their adult lives.
Age and Community Appropriate
All activities at Ashira are run to parallel those of schools in the general religious community. Classes are divided by grade level, there is a school uniform, and the students learn skills and subjects that are studied by their counterparts.
Benefits
- Seeach Sod has achieved international recognition for its professional approach to special education.
- Infrastructure: hydrotherapy pool, therapeutic horseback riding, Snoezelen room under one roof.
- Wide range of professional staff, including a nurse, physical therapist, guidance councelor, occupational therapist, and speech therapist.
- Support for parent, including personal guidance, workshops, and parents’ evenings.
- Social activities and experiences
Address: 7 Adrikal, Jerusalem
Phone: 02-640-5045
Principal: Mrs. Ella Biderman – 053-312-3162
Registration Department:
Phone: 02-640-5025/ 053-312-3184
Fax: 02-640-1525
Email: [email protected]
