SPECIAL+NEEDS

SPECIAL NEEDS​
Need help with special needs? The Florida Conference has an associate superintendent assigned to help you who is also a practicing school psychologist! Contact: mayra.rodriguez@floridaconference.com

The state of Florida will provide services for students with special needs who are enrolled in our Seventh-day Adventist school system, including academic help in the classroom, curricular materials, professional development and teacher mentoring, tutoring, etc. Contact your county and ask for a consultation on Title I and Title II-a funding for your school. For additional help and guidance, contact Toby Shelton, Director of School Partnerships, Catapult Learning: toby.shelton@catapultlearning.com

Have a behavior problem? The TA Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports has been established by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education to give schools capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices. Go to: [|http://www.pbis.org]

Interested in using technology to help struggling students? You can download a whole book that is chock full of effective ideas and great links. (Be patient. It may take awhile to download.) []

Do you have a student that is having trouble reading? Why not use a text-to-speech convertor? Find one free at:[], a Firefox browser extension that adds text-to-speech so that students can hear web pages read aloud. (For example, if you are studying about volcanoes in the textbook and the child cannot read the textbook, find a website on volcanoes, install the text-to-speech extension and set the child up with headphones!!) Here is another great text-to-speech convertor: http://www.naturalreaders.com/index.htm

The **REACH**manual has been designed to help Seventh-day Adventist teachers work with students with special needs in the classroom. D ownload the latest revision of the REACH Manual ...[|Reach Manual Rev.- 2011.pdf] This presentation will give you information on how YOU can become a REACH teacher. [|Southern Union Reach Report_11-18-09.ppt]

Do you have a student with low DIBELS scores? Here is a whole host of help! [] [] [] [] (This one is for middle grades) [] (Video clips demonstrating interventions)