Welcome to Summit Central’s Open House 6:30 – 8:00pm Wednesday, September 19, 2018

A Agenda 6:30 -6:45 pm Welcome - Dr. Susan Whittaker, Principal Introduce Summit Staff Home/School Communication Annual Review Process and Parent/Teacher Conferences Allergies Health Reminders and Emergency Phone Numbers Parent Working Group 6:45 – 7:00 pm Steve Verstraete – Director, Behavioral Support Systems 6:45 – 7:15 pm Curriculum 7:15 – 8:00 pm Classroom Open House Presentations

Other Places of Interest Please feel free to visit the: Media Center - Marie Vahue and Margaret Usiak Creative Arts Classroom - Kelly Bova Fitness Room, APE Teachers - Vinnie Cuviello and Patti Parobek Interest Tables: Parent Working Group (PWG) Kim Brown, Development Department

Home/School Communication At Summit we encourage and welcome communication from parents. Emails are a great way to keep in touch with us! If you are calling the classroom, during the day, your call will be forwarded into the classroom’s voice mail. Teachers and/or other staff members will contact you before or after school.

Annual Review Process CPSE/CSE Meetings 2 scheduled meetings per year, with parents CPSE/CSE Meeting, with District and Summit Staff. The purpose of this meeting is to develop and approve a new Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Summit staff strongly encourages parents to attend this meeting as it a mandated meeting. For transitioning students (Preschool to District or Creekside to Adult Services) an additional meeting/s may be required prior to the CPSE/CSE meeting. Parent/Teacher Conference, with Summit Staff - informal meeting with your child’s teacher to discuss progress within the classroom and to share information from a home/school perspective.

Annual Review Process CPSE/CSE Meetings If your child’s CPSE/CSE Meeting is taking place in the Fall, 2018…..the Parent/Teacher Conference will be held in the Spring, 2019 If your child’s CPSE/CSE Meeting is taking place in the Spring, 2019….the Parent/Teacher Conference will be held in the Fall, 2018 Of course…..you may request additional meetings with your child’s teacher, as needed throughout the year.

Allergies ‘Allergy Sensitive’ signs throughout the school Summit is an ‘Allergy Sensitive’ School What does this mean? ‘Allergy Sensitive’ signs throughout the school Training for ALL staff on allergy safety and Epi-pen administration Individual signs both inside and outside the classrooms for students with life-threatening allergies Allergy Alert Labels on case books and lockers

Allergies Allergy Alert Back-Packs for Rotation Students RED table in the cafeteria Peanut Butter Replacement (Sun Butter) – no peanut butter is used within Summit Center or Creekside locations – ADL or Cafeteria Lesson plans for student to be advocates for their own allergies Allergy Alerts on our central attendance system, per individual student

Allergy Field Trip Backpacks Contents Emergency ‘Blue’ Cards (with a RED card for student with known life- threatening allergies) Copy of ‘Anaphylaxis Emergency Plan’ for student/s with allergies Bio bags (RED) for lunches of children who have severe allergies RED plastic table cloth and/or placemats Hand sanitizer Epi – Pen Epi-Pen Training Handout Gloves

Emergency Phone Numbers Health Policy In the event of an emergency, please ensure that we have working emergency phone numbers on file. Please pay particular attention to the “Illness” section in the Parent Handbook.

Any Summit parent can join ! Parent Working Group Any Summit parent can join ! meet the second Wednesday of every month from 9:00-10:30am at Summit Central. You can come once or come every month! Contact Kim Brown in Development at 629-3457 kim.brown@thesummitcenter.org. THE FIRST MEETING IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH.

Behavior Support Behavior Consultants and Behavior Technicians Roles and responsibilities

Teacher Benefits Developmentally-referenced curriculum assessment System logic recommends lesson plans and then the teacher individualizes the curriculum based on student need Plans provided for 10 developmental domains Capture real time data on iPad or tablet Produces user-friendly graphs to use for data-based decision making Manage multiple students simultaneously Alerts team to data analysis needs to ensure student progress

Student Benefits Curriculum addressing all domains needed for increased independence. Electronic record tracking progress across all years a student is at Summit. Allows for consistency and continuity across years. Early curriculum focuses on learning to learn skills, the development of communication skills and adaptive skills. Secondary curriculum prepare students for the transition to adulthood.

Domains Academic Communication Community Domestic Self Help Motor Imitation, literacy, math Communication Verbal and non-verbal language development, following instructions, spontaneous use of communication Community Community safety, waiting in line, staying with an adult, community outings Domestic Food preparation, basic chores Self Help Independence with eating/drinking, dressing, toileting and hygiene tasks Motor Fine and gross motor skills related to educational setting Vocational Generalization of skills to workplace settings, social skills in the workplace Social/Leisure Independent and interactive leisure skills, group skills and social skills Adaptive Skills Taking a break, calming routines, transitioning, waiting, relinquishing preferred items Daily Routines Use of daily schedule, independence during daily school routines

We appreciate all you do! Together, we make the difference! Thank you! We appreciate all you do! Together, we make the difference!

Classroom Presentations Please join the teachers in their classrooms.