Teri Borich, Special Education Teacher
629-4247
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Welcome to the Responsive Classroom! This approach uses six basic tenets.
1. The social curriculum is as important as the academic curriculum.
2. How children learn is as important as what children learn.
3. The greatest cognitive growth occurs through social interaction.
4. There is a set of social skills that children need to learn and practice in order to be successful: Cooperation, Assertion, Responsibility, Empathy and Self Control.
5. The teacher must know the children they teach individually, culturally, and developmentally.
6. All parents want what is best for their children and we must work with parents as partners.
1. The social curriculum is as important as the academic curriculum.
2. How children learn is as important as what children learn.
3. The greatest cognitive growth occurs through social interaction.
4. There is a set of social skills that children need to learn and practice in order to be successful: Cooperation, Assertion, Responsibility, Empathy and Self Control.
5. The teacher must know the children they teach individually, culturally, and developmentally.
6. All parents want what is best for their children and we must work with parents as partners.
Pine City Elementary Autism Program: Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) is the umbrella we use to teach children skills to a fluent level so they may exert control over their environment. When children are fluent with academic and social skills they are able to participate with their peers.
Researched Based Curriculum:
Strategies for Teaching Based on Autism Research (STAR program)
starautismsupport.com
Strategies for Teaching Based on Autism Research (STAR program)
starautismsupport.com
Treatment and Education of Autism and Related Communication handi-capped Children (TEAACH visual system)
Precision Teaching (PT): Powerful data based instructional approach used to teach skills.
Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (CPI). Non-verbal ,safe approach to respond to children in a crisis situation.