Thanksgiving Miracles

We began in September doing a monthly parent workshop. It has been such a neat way to guide parents in their interactions with their children and help with following through and working past behaviors. Today we had a parent potluck during our workshop. Our students have so many eating and dietary issues and this was a great way to work with parents and network with each other to talk about successes. One of my students began this year only consuming liquids and was unable self feed, or tolerate crunchy food or chewing...on our 64th day of school he put solid food into his mouth for the first time. He is now self feeding more than 80% of his food. What an amazing day that was...it was something we celebrated today with our Thanksgiving Feast...so Thankful. An amazing staff and lots of work changed that young man's life. All is well. 

Felt Christmas Tree for a sensory and visual discrimination activity! So much fun...

Keeping it seasonal! 

Wonderful things happening...

Today is our 30th day of school as you can see by our finger count. We get to practice counting by ones, counting by fives and tens, as well as AB patterning. We count and write in our new number everyday during our morning meeting. The morning meeting is the best way to start our day with consistent routines the students can count on practicing every single day.

This is also the time we go over "The Big Four" and our daily objective: "demonstrate in-seat behavior". The students, over time, learn the words and read along with me. Amazing learning is happening every single day because we learned to sit in our seats, follow a structured schedule, and transition to each activity.

The Big Four

Almost time to get back to school!

As September draws near, I am planning, plotting, and shopping for everything I need to get my classroom just perfect for the new school year.

A lot of changes will be taking place, one of which is an increase in class size and grades served. My primary class will cover k-3. I will be keepiing my second graders for one more year!

In order to work with the larger class size I will be dividing my class into two groups for the bulk of the instruction. I will facilitate and plan while the instructional staff implements more of the instruction. This will enable me to provide in the moment trouble shooting.

I will focus this year on teaching more independence in the leisure skill areas for the students with more severe needs, and more independence in seat work for the students who are on track to transition to lesser restrictive environments.