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
1213
19
24 32
31
26
2716
2519 22
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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
16
1622
24
1822
25
36 28
21
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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
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