1. Welcome to Mason Creek Elementary LEAP Program 2012-2013

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4. Teachers Mrs. Cyndi Chappel, Mrs. Kendra Davidson, Mrs. Allison Simmons

5. 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.

6. Let’s look at our Curriculum…

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Literacy O Read It Once Again O Readitonceagain.com Readitonceagain.com O Language O Motor O Daily Living O 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 hwtears.com

10. Literacy O Speaking O Listening O Reading O Writing http://decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/ Content_Standards_Full.pdf

11. O Calendar Math- calendar, making 100, sets of objects, patterns O Touch Math- tactile number recognition Numbers Shapes Colors Patterns Matching Measuring http://decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/Cont ent_Standards_Full.pdf Math

12. O Integrated into literacy activities Science and Social Studies http://decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments /Content_Standards_Full.pdf

13. O Special Olympics Young Athletes Program (gross motor activities) O Tossing, throwing, striking, running, jumping Health and Physical Development http://www.specialolympics.org/young_athlet es.aspx Click on resource links on right side

14. O Art O Music O Drama Rhythm, rhyme, and repetition along with repeated exposure help increase skills. The Arts http://decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments /Content_Standards_Full.pdf

15. 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.

16. O Individual Education Plan O Developed by committee O 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

17. O Results of recent testing O Strengths and weaknesses O Exclusionary factors O Parent concerns/comments O Goals and objectives O Student supports (accommodations and modifications) O Least restrictive environment O Transportation IEP

18. O Children learn in many ways: O Watching others O Trying something and seeing what happens O Through play, experimentation, and repetition Some LEAP thoughts

19. O Calendar math several times per week with Mrs. Woodfin’s kindergarten class. O Lunch with 2 nd grade O Participation in school-wide performance with entire kindergarten on the 100 th day of school. O Interactions in hallways with older classes Inclusion

20. 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 reinforcement O “What do you want?” is a common question in our class. Students respond verbally, or through choice making with pictures or gestures/pointing. Motivation

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. Thank you! Parents are a child’s first teacher. Combining your expertise regarding your child with our Knowledge of research-based, effective practices is a great way for your child to gain skills!

25. Thank you for learning about the LEAP classroom Mason Creek Elementary School!