Since 1994, Walker Partnerships has been dedicated to assisting local school systems in their efforts to provide high quality educational services to troubled children. Today, Walker Partnerships provides consultation, direct staff support, home-based services, professional development, and student and program evaluation services to more than 40 school systems and several educational collaboratives in the Greater Boston and Worcester areas.
Our highly skilled staff members:
- work with teachers and professionals to identify and address the special needs of troubled students
- provide support for the successful inclusion of special needs students in regular education classes while ensuring a safe classroom and a healthy learning environment for all
- evaluate special education services currently in place and assist school systems in the development of new programs, services and curricula
Walker Partnerships professionals bring extensive educational and clinical experience to address the complex challenges facing those who work with seriously troubled students; our staff can serve as consultants within the school to offer advice on issues of concern; they can provide modeling to educators through the direct facilitation of a group of children with a history of school difficulty; and they provide informed observation of specific children or child/teacher interactions to identify problems and solutions.
At the foundation of the work of Walker Partnerships is the belief that, given the appropriate support, nearly all students can be successfully maintained within their own school. We are dedicated to building capacity, for individual educators and professionals and for the school system as a whole.
Whether it Is in the school, home, or community, Walker Partnerships will assist a school system with the development of a model of comprehensive support based on an interdisciplinary team approach. By systematically addressing the needs of an individual student, schools can make critical changes that allow more and more challenging students remain in their classrooms while also creating a more personalized, effective holistic, and integrated educational approach that enhances the quality of instruction for all students.
A wide range of Professional Development Training Topics is currently offered by our team of highly skilled senior staff consultants.
Walker Partnerships Newsletter
View or download the Spring 2009 issue [PDF]
Past Issues [PDF]
Fall 2008
Spring 2008
Fall 2007
Spring 2007