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Ariel is currently attending a new school. After attending his old school for 7 years we felt that he needed a change. We stopped seeing improvements and knew it was time for a new school. His current school ratio is much smaller. At first, the transition was a little difficult but I'm happy to announce that he did great his first year. The hours are the same, and he currently receives one hour OT and one hour speech and 1/2 hour group speech a week. I will keep some of the information below, Ariel no longer uses a picture schedule since he is now verbal.

Below is an example of what we used for his morning routine when he was much younger.

Below is Ariel's old school schedule, I will be posting
the new schedule shortly.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:45 - 9:10	Arrival Unpack
9:00 - 9:30	OT 1:1
9:10 - 9:30	Pledge/Agenda Large Group Work	Pledge/Agenda Large Group Work	Pledge/Agenda Large Group Work	Gym	Pledge/Agenda Large Group Work
9:30 - 9:45	Small Group Work Language Arts	Small Group Work Language Arts	Small Group Work Language Arts	Gym	Small Group Work Language Arts
10:00 - 10:30	Walk	Walk	Walk	small group work	Walk
10:30 - 11:00	Group OT	Small group work math	Group Speech	Walk	Small group work math
11:00 - 11:30	Small group work math	Smartboard	Smartboard	Small group work math	Science/Social Studies
11:30 - 12:00 p.m	Lunch
12:00 - 12:30	Voc-Ed	Voc-Ed	Voc-Ed	Library	Voc-Ed
12:30 - 1:00	Self-care/gross motor	Self care/gross motor	Self care/gross motor	Self care/gross motor	Self care/gross motor
1:00 - 1:30	ADL Cooking	Gym	Group OT	ART	Games/Group Speech
1:30 - 2:00	ADL Cooking	Gym	Group OT	ART	Games/Group Speech
2:10	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal	Dismissal

At the new school Ariel continues to working on his EDMARK Reading Program. The Edmark Reading Program teaches beginning reading and language development to nonreaders. Using a whole word approach, the software versions teach recognition and comprehension of words for students with developmental or learning disabilities. Students find success following a process that teaches sight recognition of a word, introduces its meaning, provides comprehension practice and uses the word in story context. Carefully planned introduction of words and evolution of sentence structure also promote language development.

Ariel no longer uses the TouchMath multisensory approach. Unfortunately, the new school does not use this approach. He currently is using a number line and learning how to use a calculator.

To learn more about Touch Math please visit
http://www.touchmath.com/

If you'd like some PECS to try with your child you can download some for free at the
following links. Just cut them out and laminate them so that they will last. You can
also make your own by taking pictures of items and laminating them as well.

http://www.do2learn.com/picturecards/printcards/index.htm

http://trainland.tripod.com/pecs.htm