Transcript BREAKING THROUGH THE BARRIERS:

BREAKING THROUGH THE
BARRIERS:
A Special Educator’s Guide: Navigating the Illinois
State Board of Education Learning Standards
for Students Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum
Disorders
Presenters
Gwendolyn B. Murphy
Director of Therapeutic Schools
Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago
Nicole L. Davenport
School Administrator – Autism Therapeutic School
Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago
Presentation Overview
Rationale
Description of Guide
Next Steps…
Rationale
Personal Experiences
ISBE Requirements
Special Educator Challenges
Description of Guide
English/Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Science
Description of Guide
Fine Motor
Gross Motor
Independent Functioning
Communication
Social Emotional
Community
Vocational
Description of Guide
State Goal
Illinois Learning Standards
Curriculum (Adapted)
Suggested Materials/Activities
STATE GOAL 1: READ WITH UNDERSTANDING AND FLUENCY.
Illinois Learning Standard 1A: Apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to comprehend selections.
Curriculum (Adapted):
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Participate in activities requiring students to demonstrate left-to-right correspondence.
2.
Participate in activities requiring basic sight word recognition or phonics.
3.
Participate in letter recognition activities.
4.
Participate in activities requiring name recognition.
5.
Participate in activities requiring choice-making.
6.
Participate in activities requiring students to follow 1-step directions.
Suggested Materials/Activities:
1.
Picture cards
2.
Storybooks
3.
Magazines
4.
Authentic photos
5.
“First, Then” work strip
6.
Alphabet cards
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Name cards
8.
Student preferred items
9.
Multi-sensory materials (shaving cream, textured materials, etc.) demonstrating “left to right”
correspondence and/or letter recognition
STATE GOAL 6: DEMONSTRATE AND APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND
SENSE OF NUMBERS, INCLUDING NUMERATION AND
OPERATIONS (ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION,
DIVISION), PATTERNS, RATIOS AND PROPORTIONS.
Illinois Learning Standard 6A: Demonstrate knowledge and use of numbers and their
representations in a broad range of theoretical and practical settings.
Curriculum (Adapted):
1.
Introduce number recognition.
2.
Introduce 1:1 correspondence.
3.
Introduce rote counting.
Suggested Materials/Activities:
1.
Flash cards
2.
Multi-sensory materials such as sand, shaving cream etc.
3.
Manipulatives
4.
Items within the classroom environment which reinforce number recognition, such as a
5.
clock or phone
6.
Number line
7.
Templates
STATE GOAL 12: UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS, PRINCIPLES
AND INTERCONNECTIONS OF THE LIFE, PHYSICAL AND
EARTH/SPACESCIENCES.
Illinois Learning Standard 12A: Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function,
adapt and change.
Curriculum (adapted):
1.
Participate in activities involving the concepts of “reality” and “make-believe.”
2.
Introduce activities requiring students to sort or categorize items by attribute (i.e., plants, animals,
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living, non-living, etc.)
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Introduce activities requiring students to identify body parts.
5.
Introduce activities requiring students to identify/construct patterns.
6.
Introduce activities requiring students to identify the four seasons.
Suggested Materials/Activities:
1.
Storybooks
2.
Picture cards
3.
Weather cards/charts
4.
Mirror
5.
Videos
STATE GOAL 14: UNDERSTAND POLITICAL SYSTEMS, WITH AN
EMPHASIS ON THE UNITED STATES.
Illinois Learning Standard 14A: Understand and explain basic principles of the
United States government.
Curriculum (Adapted):
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Utilize incidental moments throughout daily schedule in which to refer students’
2.
attention to classroom rules.
3.
Incorporate opportunities within the daily schedule for students to self-monitor
4.
behavior.
5.
Introduce classroom/individual behavior plan with consistency.
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Introduce the concept of turn taking.
Suggested Materials/Activities:
1.
Picture cards
2.
Posted classroom rules appropriate to the cognitive functioning level of the
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students
4.
Classroom/individual behavior program
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Reinforcers
Next Steps…
High School Course
Descriptions/Credits
Transition Plan Development
Career Paths
CONTACT INFORMATION
Gwendolyn B. Murphy
Director of Therapeutic Schools
Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago
[email protected]
Nicole L. Davenport
School Administrator – Autism Therapeutic School
Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago
[email protected]