InterACT Team

About Us

InterACT is staffed and supported through the Division of PreKindergarten, Special Programs and Related Services. The team consists of speech/language pathologists, occupational therapists, a physical therapist, special educators, and technical support assistants. InterACT collaborates with school teams to support MCPS students with significant communication disabilities, provides professional development opportunities, and supports the development of adapted materials to enable students to participate in the curriculum.

Mission

• to serve students through age twenty-one who are
  - nonspeaking or severely limited in speech and/or
  - unable to produce written output due to severe physical disabilities
  and whose needs exceed the resources available at the school level

• to collaborate with school teams to support MCPS students with significant communication disabilities in order to
  - increase the student's ability to communicate through augmentative communication and other assistive technology systems and strategies
  - expand the student's communication skills in school, home, community, and work environment