Cambrian Special Education 2008-2009

Cambrian Special Education 2008-2009Programs and Services

Serving Approximately 250 Students with Special Needs

Special Day Classes (SDC) Preschool (2.5): Three AM Classes and Two PM

Classes K-3rd Grade (3): Bagby, Sartorette & Farnham 3rd-5th Grade (2): Sartorette & Farnham

Resource Specialist Program (RSP) Teachers Speech/Language Therapists School Psychologists & Program Specialist

Grades 2-5 Special Education STAR Results English Language Arts 2006 48% Basic or Above 2007 55% Basic or Above 2008 63% Basic or Above

Cambrian Gr 2-5 English Language Arts AYP 2006-08

12 10 13

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24 32

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Grades 2-8 Special Education STAR Results Math/Algebra 2006 48% Basic or Above 2007 53% Basic or Above 2008 65% Basic or Above

Cambrian Math/Algebra AYP 2006-08 (est)

149

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The Special Day Classes (SDC) at Farnham K-2 Nicole Stauffacher 3rd-5th Debbie Rice Placement Based on IEP Team Decision

Serving a growing population of relatively bright students with social-cognitive impairments and related communication, learning and social-emotional/behavioral challenges Most students are eligible under Speech/Language Impairment and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder

An Example of What We Do…

The Special Day Classes (SDC) at Farnham

K-2 Nicole Stauffacher 3rd-5th Debbie Rice

Specially trained SDC Teachers, Aides and Speech/Language Therapist working in a Collaborative Model Advanced training in autism spectrum

disorder and social cognition

Small class size (8-12 students) with Integration as Appropriate Integration and mainstreaming with

‘typically developing peers’

The Special Day Classes (SDC) at Farnham

K-2 Nicole Stauffacher 3rd-5th Debbie Rice

Individualized Educational Programs (IEP) Work on state standards based goals at each child’s

level Work on other individualized goals (language, behavior,

etc.) Work on social thinking/cognition related goals

Multiple Teaching Strategies Small group and direct instruction Structured tasks working on discrete skills and

generalization Activities vary & use visual supports, music, hands-on,

games… Social thinking and language concepts/skills reinforced

throughout day in variety of settings and activities

The Special Day Classes (SDC) at Farnham

Social Thinking Curriculum

Social thinking is not just working on social interaction skills but also core skills used in academic learning that require flexible, non literal thinking (e.g., reading comprehension, writing, math word problems, etc.)

Example: ‘Pirate Club’

The Special Day Classes (SDC) at Farnham

Social Thinking Curriculum

Speech/Language Pathologist (SLP) & Special Day Class (SDC) Teachers develop language and social thinking curriculum: Utilize their specialized training,

research and published resources (e.g., Michelle Garcia Winner)

Push in model: occurs throughout day and within classroom schedule using, when possible, ‘typical peers’ as models

The Special Day Classes (SDC) at Farnham

Social Thinking Curriculum

Social Thinking/Communication May Focus On:

perspective taking staying on unpreferred topic flexibility comprehension of social scenarios body language & nonverbal communication expressing feelings or thoughts asking/answering questions imaginative play social interaction

Example: “Red/Green Thoughts”

Video Clip of Our Students

The Special Day Classes (SDC) at Farnham K-2 Nicole Stauffacher 3rd-5th Debbie Rice