About+Our+Class

Our classroom focuses on academics, working toward an eventual goal of inclusion into general education classes. Our students work on their math, english, writing and reading skills. We work on any challenging behaviors through our classes and find that once challenged academically, many behaviors dramatically decrease. We focus on positive behavioral approaches to address all challenging behaviors that may come up.

We now have several students who have a background of all or mostly life skills classroom experiences who are succeeding in gereral education class, some with full classloads and others with partial classloads. Students are eased into the gerenal education classes one or two clases at a time to ensure their success, and to prevent overwhelming them with the work associated with the school's rigorous academic program. I collaborate regularly with the general education teachers and perform observations to maintain the students' success and support all the hard work and dedication that the students have put into their transition.

We also focus on social skills and working together in small groups on a common task, with the goal of preparing our students to work well with their peers in any classroom setting. This year we are piloting a Social Skills course that features step by step didactic instruction of targeted skills required by our students to navigate their academic and social life. The lessons include the concrete step by step instruction, repeated role play with each other and peers from the general education clasrooms. I am also working with several students who weren't able to join us during classtime to form a lunch group or after school club. More updates on that will be posted as the program develops.