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Tip of the Week for August 6th, 2012

This Week's Tip:

 

Back to School Tips

School supplies, get them well in advance so that you child can get used to them. Keep any favorite items from last year. Even if you were rewarded as a child by all new supplies, your child may prefer the "old friend" items.  Color code notebooks and materials (including making text book covers) for different classes. Blue equals math, red equals English, etc. Color coding will help your child identify and keep their materials together and can be integrated with a picture schedule.  Get school clothes, uniforms, and shoes early, too. And wash them many times. Cut off the labels, if your child is used to this.  Also, create a social story or picture schedule for school routines. Start reviewing and practicing early. 

  

Book of the Week: I need help with school! A Guide for Parents of Children with Autism & Asperger's Syndrome/ by Rebecca A. Moyes. Future Horizons, 2003.

Chapters in this Book
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1. To Tell or Not to Tell 
2. Taking the First Step 
3. Section 504 Regulations 
4. Basic Advocacy 101 
5. Developing the IEP: Goals and Objectives Specially Designed Instruction 
6. Supports for Personnel: Supports for Students 
7. Designing a Social Skills Program 
8. Teasing and Self-Esteem 
9. What to Do with Problem Behaviors 
10. What to Do When the Team Can Not Agree 
Conclusion  

This book is in the SESA Library in Anchorage and Fairbanks; you may search the library catalog via the SESA website or contact Anne directly by email at afreitag@sesa.org, or by phone at 907-334-1301.


 

 

 

   
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