Multiple Needs Students by Olivia Best

ELL Home Language is not English, culturally appropriate activities to break up the day for individual students.

livbest23 — 2023-05-24 15:55:41 UTC

One of my students families speaks Spanish at home. This student is wheel chair bond and their vision is uncertain, but their hearing functions just fine. When this student seems uncomfortable or while the student gets to lay out and stretch out of their wheelchair. Playing a short story in Spanish is something the student enjoys and can connect with!

ELL For Students Who Speak French

livbest23 — 2023-05-24 16:01:38 UTC

https://youtu.be/RyhKMx5orFs

ELL Spanish Short Stories

livbest23 — 2023-05-24 16:04:08 UTC

livbest23 — 2023-05-24 18:33:09 UTC

What is a shadow and how can we use shadows for adaptive learning?

Scholastic Book’s Campaign for Multi Needs Students at AERO SPED COOP!

livbest23 — 2023-05-24 23:45:46 UTC

Please view link to read our mission and purpose for this donation! Thank you!

Adaptive Learning

livbest23 — 2023-05-25 00:57:46 UTC

Literacy may be one of the most important areas of instruction to enhance quality of life for all students. As Copeland and Keefe (2007) describe, literacy provides students with skills to increase their community partic- ipation, to become less dependent on others, to gain new knowledge, to explore new ideas, to participate in leisure pursuits, to make individual choices about learning, and to increase opportunities for employment.

livbest23 — 2023-05-27 21:26:56 UTC

Whether your students communicate with sign language or not. Using it in class when explaining a directive or what you expect a student to do can help them understand by using ASL! This helps create a visual especially when you get the chance to use Iconic Signs.

Iconic Signs

livbest23 — 2023-05-27 21:29:08 UTC

Every person deserves the opportunity to have a voice or a way to communicate.

A Day in The Life with a Visually Impaired Individual

livbest23 — 2023-05-29 18:19:45 UTC

With goals and needs just like you.

Teaching Light Reflections & Refractions to The Blind

livbest23 — 2023-05-29 18:21:30 UTC

"Introduction
Traditionally, specialized schools were responsible for the education of students with special needs. However, the current view is that students with special needs should be educated together with their peers in regular education. This new system should, however, be prepared to receive such students and take into account their needs. Regarding students with visual impairments, they need strategic teaching, adapted instructional materials, and modications in the regular curriculum to emphasize the skills of touch, hearing and communication. One of the difculties encountered by visually impaired students is in performing experiments, and in the particular case of optics, in constructing a mental representation of light. In a previous work [1], we focused on the difcul-ties that visually impaired students have when dealing with graphics and diagrams in their study of geometrical optics. In this paper, we establish practical alternatives for experimental work, as well as a contribution to building a conceptual representation of light. This is based on the assumption that our information on nature originates via our senses. Much of our knowledge on the nature of many physics concepts relies on the various senses we employ in our inquiry about it. For the blind, the sense of sight is replaced by the senses of hearing and touch. Teaching optics to students with visual impairment has usually been addressed by presenting tactile visual artefacts [1–3]. However, the information that can be received by the visually impaired becomes limited by its lack of vision. To overcome this difficulty, it is necessary to use practical instruction methods as close as possible to a real experience. Most of the experiments in optics that have sensorial meaning must be visually observed. Thus, the experiments must be adapted to convert light signals into signals perceived by the blind student. One of the main senses used by the blind is touch, and in this work we discuss how the tactile sensation created by light can be explore in optic experiences."

When students with disabilities age out at 22 is this the end of growth for them? Absolutely not!

livbest23 — 2023-06-04 18:58:44 UTC

"The goal of educating children with disabilities is the same as that of educating children without disabilities: to support children in reaching their full potential and leading productive lives as active members of their communities."

So, what do students with multiple disabilities do after the age of 22? What do these students do when they are no longer eligible for the Transition program available through their school district they attended from K-12?

Here are some local programs within the Will and Cook County area of Illinois. Please view the link attached to this post.

This is to show parents that you are not alone! After your child turns 22, you may be thinking, they are not prepared to live on their own or seek out social activities independently. As a parent you may fear that this is now your full time job, which is to now care for them.

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY!

It shouldn't be this way for the parents and for your children too!

There are still options and communities where your child can continue to grow, socialize, and learn! Again, view the link attached here to look into various programs in Will and Cook County areas of Illinois.

Could Digitability Benefit Students with Disabilities?

livbest23 — 2023-06-06 18:21:06 UTC

https://digitability.com/overview/

Bankability and the Social Economy

Work Simulations in the classroom

Computer Skills : knowing your personal information in order to accurately fill out forms online or in person on a touch screen device.

Personal information includes,

Name: First / Middle / Last

Birthday: month/date/year

Address:

State:

City:

Zip Code:

Last 4 of Social Security #:

Social Security #:

Parents first and last names:

Life Centered Education Matrix

livbest23 — 2023-06-06 18:24:38 UTC

Adulting Made Easy

livbest23 — 2023-06-07 16:48:12 UTC

The creator of this website is AMAZING!! She literally saved me to prepare prior to student teaching with her free resources! I will most def be purchasing resources from her moving forward too!

https://www.spedadulting.com/

IEP Goals

livbest23 — 2023-06-07 16:57:45 UTC

1. Functional Reading
2. Functional Math
3. Functional Writing
4. Eating & Dinning
5. Home Safety
6. Grooming
7. Clothing
8. Money
9. Cooking
10. Cleaning

Are you conditioned to your students behaviors?

livbest23 — 2023-06-13 21:13:09 UTC

Food for thought:

All behaviors are a form of communication. When a student displays a behavior that is continuous and happens regularly. Then the student must be understood and heard. It is easy to become condition to typical behaviors for students with special needs or even regular students. I believe that observing and collecting data on a behavior that me and my team is unsure of is vital for my students to lead to success. Therefore, we need to seek out what it is they need in order for them to be there, most productive self while they’re in their learning environment.

Wonderful Resource for Adaptive Learning

livbest23 — 2023-06-21 00:21:49 UTC

Safe Environment & Building Trust

livbest23 — 2023-07-07 00:14:17 UTC

Transition Horticulture Program

livbest23 — 2023-08-19 23:44:12 UTC

Transition Job/Program Idea 💡

Teaching the skill of what I like to call, grow your own groceries is something that could feed an individual, a family, even an entire community! That’s why the transition students here maintain our green house everyday to bring fresh produce to our community. In our controlled environment where we plant and grow produce, herbs, and fresh flowers all year round our students get the opportunity to understand how much the earths soil can give us and the basic skills to survive by growing your own food and selling it to the community. Every student playes a role in our greenhouse. Here are some of the jobs that our students have,

-Watering
-Trimming
-Harvesting
-cleaning produce
-packaging
-taking orders
-selling produce
-selling flowers
-trimming flowers
-sorting produce
-sorting flowers
-seed planting
-tour guides
-trimming and prepping herbs
-soil mixing
-maintenance
-clock in control
-clean up crew
-baggers
-cashiers
-innovative alternatives
-seasonal gift baskets
-seasonal bouquets

We allow our students to speak their minds and if they have an idea for a different job we always are open to what they have to say. Also, if a student doesn’t seem to find a suitable position for them our entire team will come together to develop a job that meets their needs and abilities. Everyone gets to be a part of the program and nobody goes home hungry.

Transition Tribe Greenhouse
Let us, “grow your groceries”

Potential support
Navarro farms
Start a fundraiser
Begin small
Teach the process of growing from seed
Small project of planting and growing and maintaining the plants.
Understand the students interest and abilities
The purpose of this is to help students understand that farming isn’t what it seems all the time and that herbs and produce can be grown in your own house or backyard if you have the right tooos and materials. This is a life skill that can help all students maintain a lifestyle that is frugal. It teaches them self advocacy and executive functioning. It also prepares them for the real world with the various job opportunities available. Giving them a choice of where they work best. Whether it’s at the front using their social skills communicating and selling to customers, working with their team, or working in a small group. This will prepare our students to live a life of sustainability and appreciate what this world has to offer us.

Classroom World Map

livbest23 — 2023-08-22 17:09:03 UTC

Have a map for students to mark where their family is from. Each thumb tack will either have an image of the student on it or their name. An assignment will be created for them to ask their parents

their cultural background
Did any of their relatives come to America from a different country
Name one tradition your family does that represents their culture.
Example: this can be as simple as you eat a certain type of food that is from your background often for dinner with the family or a holiday celebrated.

In this classroom we all have different backgrounds and will honor every individual to share their family backgrounds to the class. This classroom is proud to represent their culture and learn about other peoples culture as well!

After each student shares I want us to brainstorm ideas of how we can celebrate each students cultural background together as a class. That way we can all gain a better understanding of why each student is proud of their culture and build a connection to our fellow peers and teachers as well.

Practice voting

livbest23 — 2023-08-22 17:13:49 UTC

Think of an idea of something the students would like to vote on.

Ask them why do we vote in America or in Illinois ?
Who do we vote for ?
- consider if it benefits you
- if it’s something you want or need
- if it’s good for the community as a whole or clsssroom
Explain how we vote
Explain how a solution is made from voting

Purpose: at the age of 18 students can legally vote. They have the right to know this and to participate in voting.

create a fake polling booth with an adaptive version of a voting ballet sheet or it’ll be on an iPad.

Task box

livbest23 — 2023-08-22 17:19:16 UTC

Unlock various locks and door knobs

Button pants, shirts

Tie a knot

Buckle a buckle

Pull and put on Velcro

Take out and put in

Category sorting

Setting the table placement with template then fade out

Folding towels

Bagging items

Folding Sox

Sorting silverware

Measuring cup chart choose the right measuring cup to measure the correct amount

Counting

Left or right

Tbe difference between red light green light yellow light walk sign don’t walk sign cross walk etc

Money bills and coins sorting

Sequences visual images 3 images

Puppets to remain engaged

livbest23 — 2023-11-25 01:51:44 UTC

Reconsidering my approach by using puppets while teaching

Team Best

livbest23 — 2024-10-20 00:28:00 UTC

Ideas for Multi 4

Create 30x30 visuals of real world scenes

Grocery store

Farmers market

Fitness center

Post office

Restaurant (dinning table)

Bedroom or a bed make the bed

Sink with dishes

Dish washer (fill the dish washer)

Clean the dishes laminate dishes get dirty with dry erase markers and students clean them

Laminate them

Have high contrast items on them for students to identify

Items must be relatable and serve a purpose to their everyday life

Implement tactile materials into the scenes

Focus on social scenarios

giving items to people
Saying hello how are you
On topic conversations

Create scenarios in the real world

I am at the doctors office.

I push the handicap access button to open the door and have made it inside the office, but my mom is parking the car.

I see people standing in a line near a desk with a woman behind it.

I also see people sitting in chairs

A nurse just came out of a different room and said a woman’s name

A woman from the sitting area got up and went with the nurse

Should I get in line or should I go sit in the sitting area?

I ordered my food at McDonald’s and paid for it. I’m standing where I paid.

Should I move to the side so the next person can order or stand there until they give me my food ?

I’m at the bank and need money from the atm the line is long. Should I cut the person or wait?

I see someone I know in the hall at school. They see me too. They say hello, do I

Ask them about a song I like or say hello how are you?

I need a drink and I’m so thirsty that I am getting upset. What should I do?

Real life scenarios

Movement breaks intertwined with fine motor skills.

Or movement breaks and using my body to do everyday tasks or move items that are in my way. Create an obstacle course or scenario that the student needs to fix to be comfortable or ready to move on.