Dear Parents and Guardians,
My support for the LRC2 class will be geared towards helping students learn and develop functional language and social communication skills that they need in their day-to-day life.
Some ways in which I deliver my service will be through direct instruction and related service support.
Direction instruction:
- Specially-designed lessons in a group setting
- Individualized push-in support when working on activities as part of the curriculum (e.g., social problem-solving with real-life problem)
- Developing visuals and supports
- Modeling and describing use of strategies for staff
- Checking in with staff about student's performance
As students are in the secondary setting, we are always looking ahead towards high school and beyond plans. We want to prepare our students to be the best communicators they can be, and equip them with skills to be successful not only in the classroom, but out in the community and in the workplace or other vocational setting.
We will cover a number of topics around social communication and functional language, including but not limited to:
Social Communication
- Greetings
- Verbal conversational skills (e.g., maintaining a topic, taking turns, asking questions, making relevant comments)
- Nonverbal language (e.g., appropriate body language, gestures, proximity)
- Abstract language (idioms, expressions, figurative language)
- Perspective-taking
- Active listening
- Suprasegmentals of speech (e.g., tone of voice, voice volume)
- Social problem-solving
- Working and participating appropriately in groups
- Expected behaviors in the context of school and community
- Developing functional vocabulary
- Sharing information and knowledge
- Indicating choices
- Expressing opinions and emotions
- Asking for information or clarification
- Talking about a past event
- Following directions
- Sequencing steps
- Categorizing
- Writing
Should you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me at any time! I look forward to a great year with your child!
Kind regards,
Jasmin Wang, SLP
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