by Nora Madsen | Mar 25, 2019 | Special Education
SETSS is a uniquely useful setting to support students with developing independence. Students with disabilities at our school often receive SETSS because of a lack of executive functioning skills. It is my job as the SETSS provider to help identify the barriers in...
by Nora Madsen | Mar 25, 2019 | Special Education, Special Education PoP
Many teenagers struggle to do academic work independently; this is a skill they must be taught. Executive functioning, a necessary component for independent work, encompasses a wide range of skills including organization, planning, working memory, sustained focus and...
by Nora Madsen | Jan 9, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, 9/10th Grade, Special Education, Special Education Solutions
As a special education department we chose the Problem of Practice: How might we authentically include students with severe disabilities so they are academically engaged in their classes and socially engaged in the school community? For the first time at our school...
by Nora Madsen | Jan 9, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, 9/10th Grade, Solutions, Special Education
A lot of the reading that I was doing about students with intellectual disabilities was around the importance of developing life skills. One of my fears is that they are not learning those skills explicitly at our school. I’ve also been speaking with our liaison at...
by Nora Madsen | Oct 9, 2018 | 11/12th Grade, 9/10th Grade, Authenticity to the Discipline, Special Education
PoP: How might we authentically include students with severe disabilities so they are academically engaged in their classes and socially engaged in the school community through my role in SETSS? Most of the students with Autism and ID in our school experience a level...
