local school districts: Available Services
We are attuned to the challenges schools
face regarding their time and resources. We view teachers,
principals, special educators and parents as our partners in
achieving a common goal: developing programs that succeed for
children.
The ALMC offers a continuum of services ranging
from district consultation, child-specific- wraparound programs
to our specially equipped and staffed schools.
Supported Classroom Partnership
Based on our collective years of working in local schools and
our independent schools, the ALMC believes that the supported
classrooms answer the student’s individual needs while
addressing the local school’s and community’s needs.
The ALMC has created a new program that can decrease cost,
increase efficacy, and build local school capacity. Below is
an outline of our new approach called the Supported Classroom.
PROGRAM DESIGN:
The Supported Classroom Partnership
is a collaboration between a public school or supervisory union
with the Augmentative Learning and Movement Center (ALMC) to
serve 7-10 students identified with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(ASD) or significant developmental disabilities in the public
school setting. The
program is designed to build capacity and sustainability in the
public school system to adequately support students with ASD
in their community. Students
will receive intensive programming derived from
specially designed, evidence-based instruction implemented
by highly qualified professionals. Students
will be appropriately supported with sound educational,therapeutic
and environmental interventions and supports in order
to make sufficient progress toward independent skill
acquisition. Students
will practice skills that have reached the generalization and
maintenance stage, through meaningful integration with
same-age peers in the general education setting.
Target
Goals (Sample): |
- Decrease disruptive behaviors
- Increase adaptive skills
- Increase meaningful integration
- Increase teacher/provider knowledge
- Increase classroom teacher capacity
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Team
Membership: |
- Highly qualified special educator
- Well-trained program assistants
- Speech and language pathologist (ALMC)
- Occupational therapists (ALMC)
- Clinical behaviorists (ALMC)
- Pediatric/adolescent psychiatrist
and developmental/behavioral pediatrician will serve
as medical staff to the treatment planning teams. (ALMC)
- Other specialists will be consulted as needed
Parents and community service providers
will be important members of the student planning teams,
and will benefit from training and support of the team
members in regularly scheduled team meetings.
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Sustainability: |
The partners recognize that public
schools need to build the capacity of their staff to understand
and provide comprehensive, sustainable programs for students
in their community schools. We will be utilizing
a projected three-year timeline to build supports and fade
consultants.
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Click here for the Supported
Classroom Sample Schedule.
District Wide Support
The ALMC has the ability to support multiple
students with challenging behaviors within a district. Following
the ALMC integrated educational consultation model, our staff can
create individual programs for those presenting with Autism
Spectrum Disorder. Within the district, the ALMC offers
supervision and training to help build local school capacity.
As both an effective and cost efficient approach, this model
is ideal for school districts which are faced with multiple
students who are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Intensive Student-Specific, Wraparound
Programs for Individual Students
ALMC offers intensive student-specific,
wraparound programs for students with intensive educational
and therapeutic needs. Integrating
educational, therapeutic and medical programs in the school setting
and in the community, our staff develops
programs that offer success in the local school setting.
Within these programs
the ALMC:
- Implements and supports educational
and therapeutic programs
- Co-establishes, monitors and coordinates
IEP goals
- Creates opportunities to access the
community
- Develops vocational opportunities
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Behavioral Medicine and Applied Behavioral Analysis
Consultations
Ideal for children with executive function,
regulatory and mental health disorders such as: ADHD, Aspergers
and Bi-polar Disorder
Evaluations: We
provide specialized education, medical and therapeutic
evaluations and consultations: Multi-disciplinary and Behavioral
Medicine
Training: We offer training
by professionals in special education, speech pathology,
applied positive behavior support and occupational therapy
Workshops are available
for schools, related service providers and other supporting
agencies. |
