Fundamentals of Communication
Students enrolled in this class will practice communication skills necessary for life. Students who do not communicate verbally utilize augmentative and alternative ways to communicate including picture communication symbols and voice output software.
Goals for this course include:
- the ability to communicate personal information including name, address and telephone number.
- the ability to appropriately indicate wants and needs including the need to use the bathroom, the need for food, and the need for water.
- the ability to communicate feelings.
- the ability to explain what hurts when one isn't feeling well.
- the ability to choose and communicate desired activites to participate in.
Vocational Reading
Students in this course have the opportunity to practice reading skills that are necessary to get a job, perform a job, and problem solve.
Through community experiences, students are taught to navigate city streets and cross the street at marked cross walks (reading walk/don't walk signs and stop signs)
Studnets have the opportunity to practice reading picture schedules and picture sequences for upcoming vocational tasks. this will allow students to transfer vocational reading skills to the actual work environment.
Functional Math
Students enrolled in this class have the opportunity to practice real life math skills in a variety of classroom and natural settings.
Students learn and practice money skills when they make purchases at stores in the community or at our own caffeteria.
Students practice time skills as they work through their picture schedule fr the day. Students also practice sorting and counting skills which prepare them for a wider range of vocational tasks to participate in.
Students practice measuring and sequencing skills when they prepare a snack recipe each day. Students are learning to measure lemonade powder and water to make a drink. They also use measuring skills to prepare muffins, macaroni and cheese, ramen noodles, cupcakes, and pudding on a regualr basis.
Finding Employment
Studnets enrolled in this class are interviewed and observed participating in a variety of tasks. The purpose is to obtain meaningful information necessary for the transition from school to the adult service world.
Students with significant disablilites may transition to supported employment in the community, sheltered employment in the community, or adult day care in the community. Students preferences are always considered when planning for the future and this course allows teachers to gatehr information about students preferences.
There is also a parental component to this course. Parents are regularly provided with information about transition workshops, SSI, guardianship, adult services, post-school living arrangements, post-school employment and recreation/leisure opportunities. This affords parents the chance to be better informed and thus, a better advocate for their child's future.
Vocational Skills
Students in this course have the opportunity to learn and practice a variety of vocational tasks in school and the community.
Students learn to:
- shred papers
- stock shelves
- crush cans
- sweep
- clean tables after meals
- stamp return addresses on labels
- photocopy items for teachers
- file magazines
- fold towels and clothes
- make deliveries within school
- deliver flyers to homes in the surrounding neighborhood
- count, sort and package
- make spirit bead necklaces for the student population
We seek out work that is meaningful and can be generalized to community job sites. Out ultimate goal is to provide the students with skills for lifelong success.
Mr. Beason's Special Education Class in the Community
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