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How to get the most out of your child’s school program CURRICULUM by Chitra Sharathchandra

How to get the most out of your child’s school program CURRICULUM by Chitra Sharathchandra. Intent of IDEA/Congress.

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How to get the most out of your child’s school program CURRICULUM by Chitra Sharathchandra

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  1. How to get the most out of your child’s school programCURRICULUMby Chitra Sharathchandra chitra_sharath@yahoo.com

  2. Intent of IDEA/Congress "the education of children with disabilities can be made more effective by . . . having high expectations for such children and ensuring their access to the general curriculum to the maximum extent possible chitra_sharath@yahoo.com

  3. NCLB IDEA 2004 includes new requirements that schools provide "high-quality, intensive pre-service preparation and professional development for all personnel who work with children with disabilities" so all school staff have "skills and knowledge to improve the academic achievement and functional performance of children with disabilities " . . . "including the use of scientifically based instructional practices." chitra_sharath@yahoo.com

  4. Matching law with reality Define high expectations Which curriculum makes sense? What modifications make sense? How does the IEP fit into all this? chitra_sharath@yahoo.com

  5. Main Curriculum Componentsfor children with autism Behavior Methodologies Life Skills Language/Communication Academics Social Skills chitra_sharath@yahoo.com

  6. Life Skills • Self Help • Behavior Management • Organization • Community awareness • Group skills • FCPS Curriculum: • Elementary Life Skills Curriculum for PAC & Enhanced Autism programs • Look into: ABLLS, request help to perform task analysis on skills if necessary,other task analysis curriculum chitra_sharath@yahoo.com

  7. Language/Communication • Ability to converse or communicate • Express needs • Label things in the environment • Get your attention • Ask questions • Answer questions • Express how they feel • … FCPS curriculum • Early Academic Curriculum Guide Look into: ABLLS, Direct Instruction chitra_sharath@yahoo.com

  8. Academics • English • FCPS Curriculum VDOE SOL/ASOL • Look into: Direct Instruction, Curriculum modification • Math • FCPS Curriculum VDOE SOL/ASOL • Look into: Direct Instruction, Curriculum modification • Science • FCPS Curriculum VDOE SOL/ASOL • Look into: Curriculum modification, NET • Social Studies • FCPS Curriculum VDOE SOL/ASOL • Look into: Curriculum modification, NET chitra_sharath@yahoo.com

  9. Modifying the ASOL/SOL • FCPS - curriculum planning forms • Look Into: 1. Breakdown curriculum content into one of the following verbal behavior operants based on learner profile: • Receptive • Tact • Intraverbal 2. Determine child’s acquisition rate to determine number of targets by topic • Pre-teach using ITT techniques • Generalize in natural environment/classroom chitra_sharath@yahoo.com

  10. Example of Curriculum modification • SOL SS K.1 The student will recognize that history describes events and people of other times and places by a) identifying examples of past events in legends, stories, and historical accounts of Pocahontas, George Washington, Betsy Ross, and Abraham Lincoln; b) identifying the people and events honored by the holidays of Thanksgiving Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidentsﾕ Day, and Independence Day (Fourth of July). • How to modify SS K.1 • Receptive ID the people,events - early learner • Tact the people,events - early learner • Tact to Receptive transfer - early learner • IFFC people, events - intermediate learner • Tact to Intraverbal transfer - intermediate learner • Intraverbal categories for people and events - advanced learner • Application from ITT into NET - advanced learner chitra_sharath@yahoo.com

  11. Do you know which curriculum your child is accessing? Ask your teacher Do you know which parts of the curriculum your child is accessing? Check your IEP/Ask your teacher chitra_sharath@yahoo.com

  12. Curriculum related Resources • ABLLS http://www.behavioranalysts.com/products.html • Direct Instruction http://www.sraonline.com/ • SOL http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Superintendent/Sols/home.shtml • ASOL http://ttaconline.org/staff/assessment/vaap/manual/2006_VAAPINSTRUCTIONAL.pdf chitra_sharath@yahoo.com

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