Post on 17-Dec-2015
Welcome to Mason Creek Elementary
LEAP Program 2012-2013
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TeachersMrs. Cyndi Chappel, Mrs. Kendra Davidson,
Mrs. Allison Simmons
Behavior Expectations
• Participate in activities• Follow directions
• Each student interacts in their own unique way. We encourage communication and
active learning engagement to learn skills over time. Specific behaviors are addressed
as needed for each child.
Let’s look at our
Curriculum…
Pyramid of Interventions
All students receive instruction on the Georgia Standards.
Students receiving special education services also receive specialized instruction
based upon their identified areas of weakness.
Pyramid of Interventions
All students receive instruction on the Georgia Standards.
The following slides include information regarding the Georgia Standards for
preschool and Pre-K students.
LiteracyO Read It Once Again
O Readitonceagain.comO LanguageO MotorO Daily LivingO Rhythm, Rhymes, and Repetition (and music!)O Cognitive
Each unit is developed from activities based around a storybook.
O Handwriting without Tears (also fine motor skills)O hwtears.com
LiteracyO SpeakingO ListeningO ReadingO Writing
http://decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/Content_Standards_Full.pdf
O Calendar Math- calendar, making 100, sets of objects, patterns
O Touch Math- tactile number recognitionNumbersShapesColors
PatternsMatchingMeasuring
http://decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/Content_Standards_Full.pdf
Math
O Integrated into literacy activities
Science and Social Studies
http://decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/Content_Standards_Full.pdf
O Special Olympics Young Athletes Program (gross motor activities)O Tossing, throwing, striking, running,
jumping
Health and Physical
Development
http://www.specialolympics.org/young_athletes.aspxClick on resource links on right side
O ArtO MusicO Drama
Rhythm, rhyme, and repetition along with repeated exposure help
increase skills.
The Arts
http://decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/Content_Standards_Full.pdf
Pyramid of Interventions
Students receiving special education services also receive specialized instruction
based upon their identified areas of weakness.
The following slides include information regarding the specialized instruction/services.
O Individual Education Plan O Developed by committeeO Meets at least once per year
O During this meeting, much information is discussed. Because each plan is individualized, your child’s teacher can discuss some specific strategies with you. Some strategies could include repeated opportunities, high rates of reinforcement, breaking skills into smaller parts.
IEP
O Results of recent testingO Strengths and weaknessesO Exclusionary factorsO Parent concerns/commentsO Goals and objectivesO Student supports (accommodations
and modifications)O Least restrictive environmentO Transportation
IEP
O Children learn in many ways:O Watching othersO Trying something and seeing what
happensO Through play, experimentation, and
repetition
Some LEAP thoughts
O Calendar math several times per week with Mrs. Woodfin’s kindergarten class.
O Lunch with 2nd gradeO Participation in school-wide
performance with entire kindergarten on the 100th day of school.
O Interactions in hallways with older classes
Inclusion
O Preference Assessments are used to help determine what types of activities and objects are most reinforcing for students
O Student choice is encouraged throughout the day
O Praise and reinforcementO “What do you want?” is a common
question in our class. Students respond verbally, or through choice making with pictures or gestures/pointing.
Motivation
What is the motivation? All actions have a reason- why is the child doing something?
O Does he/she want something?O Is he/she avoiding something?O Is there a sensory explanation?
Our students communicate in non-traditional ways. Yet, every behavior has a motivation. It’s up to us to find it- and teach a more appropriate alternative if the behavior impedes their learning or the learning of others.
Motivation
O Facilitated play, along with group play, is used daily to encourage skill acquisition.
O Repetition to concepts occurs throughout the day and over time in structured activities and in play.
O Social greetings are a part of our daily routine.
Play
Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.
- Fred Rogers
Play
Thank you!Parents are a
child’s first teacher.Combining your expertise
regarding your child with ourKnowledge of research-based,
effective practices is a great way for
your child to gain skills!
Thank you for learning about the
LEAP classroomMason Creek
Elementary School!