<body><div>LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - Wonderfully Wired Institute for Learning is a new school in Laurel for students who need individualized support. Right now, they’re hoping to expand their roster and services. Haven Overstreet and Jaica Thomas saw a gap in their community: no school had the staff or space for kids with level three autism, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and other sensory and learning disorders. So they opened their own school: Wonderfully Wired Institute for Learning. “I think that we are the first school of its kind, and a word that sticks out to me is inclusion,” Overstreet said. “We have a lot of children that, when we get called for IEP meetings or any of the things that are not getting the support, not due to the school’s fault, but there’s too many children versus teachers.”They purchased a building at 1107 W. Sixth Street in July.Since then, they’ve been renovating the 6,000 square-foot building for students with a range of diagnoses. “It is actually private school downstairs with daycare, and then upstairs our dream is we are currently hiring for an occupational therapist and a speech pathologist, and once I get my certification, behavior therapy will be upstairs as well,” Overstreet said.Overstreet’s degrees focus on spectrum disorders. She says having all of this available in one building will take pressure off families and still support the kids. Jaica Thomas, a former special education teacher, says she worked at a facility that would do home visits and residential care. She hopes Wonderfully Wired will create a similar safe space.“That was probably 15 years ago, and Mississippi doesn’t have that,” Thomas said. “It was out of state. And there’s really nowhere for these kids to go if public school’s not working.”Right now, Wonderfully Wired has five students and is looking to enroll more. Overstreet and Thomas say they’ve watched some nonverbal students begin to communicate and work through behavioral challenges. “We want to make sure that no child is left behind regardless if it’s of finances, regardless if it’s of struggling academically, whatever it may be,” Overstreet said. We want to make sure that everybody gets to be on the same level. “To register your child or apply as an occupational therapist or speech pathologist, visit Wonderfully Wired’s social media HERE. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3XlYrK_1Fb74gzh00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3XlYrK_1Fb74gzh00" width="1300" height="241" ><figcaption>WDAM 7 On Your Side composer template image (WDAM7)</figcaption></figure>Want more WDAM 7 news in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to our newsletter.</div></body>

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LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - Wonderfully Wired Institute for Learning is a new school in Laurel for students who need individualized support. Right now, they’re hoping to expand their roster and services. Haven Overstreet and Jaica Thomas saw a gap in their community: no school had the staff or space...

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LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - Wonderfully Wired Institute for Learning is a new school in Laurel for students who need individualized support. Right now, they’re 

New school for spectrum, learning disorders accepting students in Laurel

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