The Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) Department of Special Education oversees a number of community-based programs to help facilitate students' transition out of high school. Each program offers a unique opportunity to gain real-world experience in the workplace or higher education while serving the community with a dedicated group of workers and students supported by the school system.
Dynamic display voice output communication device.
Mark is an ECI student at Ruth P. Eason School. His classroom teachers, speech-language pathologists, and assistive technology specialist have worked collaboratively to provide Mark with a communication tool which best meets his needs. Mark received a dynamic display voice output communication device which he now uses with increasing independence daily. He expresses requests, protests unwanted objects or actions, and shares information with others using his communication device.
Background & ChallengesWilliam was a typically developing infant until around age 12 months. At that time, he began to lose interest in people and started to play with only a few toys in a repetitive fashion. He was no longer smiling at his parents. His pediatrician referred him to the Infants and Toddlers Program, where he was evaluated.
William received services in a specialty program for students with autism from a special educator, speech pathologist, occupational therapist and a technician. He attended the class for 90 minutes/ day, 5 days per week. William made rapid progress, making eye contact, engaging with family members and using words functionally. His parents enrolled in the More Than Words program, designed for family members of children on the autism spectrum. This program helped them learn how to connect with William. William is experiencing so much success that he no longer needs to attend his specialty class. He is able to successfully attend a community preschool with the support of a special education teacher through Community Based Services.
Background & ChallengesJasmin began her Head Start experience with very few independent hygienic skills. She depended on adults to care for her most basic needs.
Jasmin receives occupational therapy in her community-based program. With an adaptation, Jasmin has learned to remove the cap on her toothpaste without assistance. She can also independently manage her clothing in the bathroom.
Mo is using a Perkins Braille Writer and BrailleNote Apex to complete a quarterly math assessment.
Mo uses an assistive technology device to access the curriculum. Some of his devices are designed specifically to help people with vision loss, such as the BrailleNote Apex, a computer screen reader, a braille embosser/printer and a talking calculator.
AACPS is developing an online archive of our past Leadership Development Institute Class Projects to capture the great ideas that have been generated by you and your LDI cohort members. Please use the below form to share information about your project.
We are asking each LDI graduate to complete this survey, even if they were part of a multi-person team. This information will be combined within our final archive.
Raptor University’s series of webinar training sessions and user guides will provide every Raptor user – from first-time users to Client Administrators – the tools that they need to most effectively utilize the Raptor system.
Live webinar training sessions August 25, 2015 – October 2, 2015. (Click on the time below to register for a session.
Topics: Visitor, Student, Faculty, and Volunteer modules as well as overall System Administration and Advanced Troubleshooting.
Duration: 30 minutes each Please click on a timeslot below to sign up or learn more about each training module. We encourage you to register for all the sessions that would be useful to you.
Visitor Module – Basic Training: 9:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. – Advanced Training: 9:15 a.m. or 1:15 p.m.
Volunteer Module – Basic Training: 10:00 a.m. – Advanced Training: 10:15 a.m.
Student Module – Basic Training: 11:00 a.m. – Advanced Training: 11:15 a.m.
Faculty Module – Basic Training: 2:00 p.m. – Advanced Training: 2:10 p.m.
System Administration – Administration Training: 2:45 p.m.
Advanced Troubleshooting (For District and School Technicians) – Advanced Troubleshooting: 1:00 p.m.
Please encourage your staff and school community to consider submitting nominations for the Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award and/or the Distinguished Educational Leadership Award. The deadline for electronic submission of nominations is Friday, February 13, 2015 at 5:00pm. Click here for more information.
Your contributions are supporting support Harvest for the Hungry, Chesapeake Regional Association of Student Councils (CRASC), and Relay for Life, among others, as well as grants, scholarships, school supplies, and incentive items for classroom teachers and students. We would especially like to thank our 2014 donors who contributed at the three highest levels (click here to see our 2014 donors).
