Janice Guice
will be speaking at TACA on Saturday August
15, 2009 from 2-4 PM.
TACA
(Talk About Curing Autism) meetings are held at:
Her topic will be:
What is Relationship Development Intervention?
Guiding Your Child in Problem Solving and Dynamic Social Thinking
This two hour presentation will cover the mental processes
that are affected by an autism spectrum disorder and the
critical nature of a parent’s role in helping to remediate those
core deficits. It will include a brief introduction into a
Relationship Development Intervention® program as developed by
Dr. Steven Gutstein and its effectiveness in improving quality
of life for the entire family. Questions will be welcomed,
the presentation will be interactive and include videos of
typical development, as well as, children overcoming the
challenges this disorder presents children and families.
Please join us that day!
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Language Learning
Integration
From Essential Communication, Inc.
Homeschooling Support for Special Needs Children
with Communication Impairments
Many parents find themselves ready to homeschool their special needs child
because of their unique needs. There is so much parents have to offer their
child but many remain concerned about meeting the needs of a child with any
variety of diagnoses when a communication or speech and language
impairment is involved. Communication deficits can definitely impact academic
learning issues, particularly in the area of reading and language arts.
There is help available from Essential Communication to those parents who
currently homeschool or are considering homeschooling. A dynamic team of
certified teachers, speech language pathologists and clinical psychologist will
provide integrated instruction 3 days per week for 3.0 hours each day for
children with special needs and language impairments to address:
Services Table
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Reading Comprehension
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Spelling
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Language Arts
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Written Expression
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Language Intervention
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Problem Solving
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Everyday in Language Learning Integration
will create opportunities for students to encounter repeated exposure to new language concepts in the
context of reading, language arts and problem solving. All subjects will be
integrated into two week thematic language units that may explore both narrative
and expository text. Based on each student’s customized objectives, determined
from baseline achievement testing, the educational team will target the
achievement of Georgia Performance Standards. Concentrated daily lessons will
support the student’s progress through half of one academic year or more in the
34 week school year. Additional information will be provided for the family to
continue learning in the thematic unit at home each week. Families will
provide their own additional instruction for Math, Science, Social Studies and
special subjects of PE, Art adn Music.
Instruction is designed to support the student’s sense of competence and yet
provide enough challenge to encourage the child’s ongoing growth. Independent
thinking will be encouraged in real world projects to support the thematic
language instruction. Projects will range from cooking to art and music to
video production all developed around the reading theme and language instruction.
Instruction will employ the principle of a mentor and apprentice relationship
based on Relationship Development Intervention® (RDI®). Additional methodologies
will include Lindamood Bell LiPS®, Seeing Stars® and Visualizing and
Verbalizing®.
Minimum Student Age 5.0
34 weeks, September through May
3 days per week, T-Th, 9:30—12:30
Four 45 minute segments each day
Attendance Documentation Provided for Homeschool Records
Georgia Performance Standards Serve as Benchmarks
Pre and Post Testing to Document Performance
Customized Objectives for Each Student
Teacher to Student Ratio 1:2-3 or Less
One Language Segment Each Week to Support Math Reasoning
Call Today to Schedule an Informational Interview and Reserve Your
Child’s Place in:
Language Learning Integration
From Essential Communication, Inc.
Homeschooling Support for Reading Comprehension, Language Arts, Written
Expresssion and Problem Solving for Children with Special Needs
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