Talklink and Tauhara College Special Needs unit collaborative work (ULearn Presentation)

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Talklink and TauharaCollege Special Needs

unit collaborative work.

Integrating new technologies to empower learning and transform leadership


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TauharaCollege

tino u ki tou hiranga committedtoexcellence


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GESTURE

AAC

ORAL

SCHEDULES

TALKING

BODYLANGUAGESigning

VISUALS

In August 2010 a referral was made to the Talklink

trust to provide communication supports for special

learners attending Tauhara College.


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Michelle

Classroom Teacher

Primary teacher

Passionate about Special

Learners

Worked in area of SpecialEducation most of teaching

career

Wife and mother of three


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Brenda

Head of Faculty Tauhara

College Special Needs Unit

Primary trained teacher

Worked in low decile schools

Current position 3 years

Son with Special Needs 19

years


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14 ORS Students

Personal and Physical Cares

Learning supports

Behaviour supports


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Our staff

Two full time teachers

Seven support staff

Itinerant Teacher Serviceto Local Primary Schools


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Auckland

Wellington

Bay of Plenty

Christchurch

TalkLink Trust

Speech-Language TherapistsOccupational Therapists

Technical Support

Assistive Technology Trainer


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The provision of quality assistive technology

services which enable all people to

communicate and interact with theirenvironment independently and as effectively

and efficiently as possible.


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Talklink Services

Assessment ServiceWork with existing teamNot a therapy serviceAble to provide training packages to support the client and

their team

TrainingIn communication skills

For specific software design


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The Camp Model

What is it and what does it look like?

Creating opportunities for communication

Add AAC

Model Communication

Prompting communication


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Campcovers the aspects of good communication which areuniversal and are not dependent on the use of any particular form

of AAC.

Considering

What is a multi- modality approach?

What are the functions of language?

How we include communication in all our routines?


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Some examples of TOOLS


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AAC PROFILE - A CONTINUM OF

LEARNING (KOVACH, 2009)Uses four communication competency areasOperationalLinguisticSocialStrategic

Assesses students in these four areasAssess communication partner in all but

linguisticsPre and post training measure of intervention


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PRACTISED INTERVENTION

STUDENT WHO USES AAC

Demonstrates increased AAC system use and practise

Purposefully uses AAC system and communication functions to

more fully participate in communicative exchanges

COMMUNICATIVE PARTNERRefrains from anticipating needs and the expression of those

needs

Models effective social communication


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What did the collaboration between Talklink

and Tauhara College look like?

Initial training session with Julie for all staff to

introduce the CAMP framework.

Ideas and strategies to develop ways to engage

students in communication. Left to trial and practise

strategies.

The expected outcome was to enhance studentsability to communicate and engage in learning

experiences.


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Regular visits from Julie over the last

year to build on staff and student

Learning.

Julie has worked individually and

collectively with staff on these occasions

to develop ideas and strategies.

The frequent and ongoing nature of the

professional learning has contributed to its

success.


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Back to Tauhara the starting point

We were surviving managing a diverse range

of students with variety of learning and

behaviour supportsrequired


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What did we learn? Keep it simple

Low tech is the best place to start.Daily schedules and pegs


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Box work

Attention to task


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First Next Then

Using visuals creates the contract

When students feel some sense of what

is happening next and what is expected

then attention to task is encouraged.


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4/18/12Talking Boards

James.wmv


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Morning Box Work


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Go talk

Objects of reference

Using other communication tools


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Links to curriculum and SPEC

Our belief:

All students are learners.

A framework for teaching and learning programs is

essential.Learning tasks needs to be relevant, meaningful and have a

purpose, not just a series of isolated or unrelated tasks.

www.spec.org.nz


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Relatingtoothers

Thinking

Participating and Contributing

Using language

symbols and texts

MANAGING SELF

KEY COMPETENCIES


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Sharing our work - being part of our

community


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Using language symbols and texts


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Using the data projector as a visual model

Participating and Contributing


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Board MakerWhat is Board Maker?

A computer program which allows you to print a huge variety of

simple pictures.

How do we use Board Maker?

To make any and everything we use with our students.


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SchedulesMany and varied schedules are used every day in

our room for many different reasons

encouraging independence, behaviour

management, reducing student anxiety.

Some of our schedules...Eating/meal times

Arrival routines

Morning box routines

Rotations skill based tasks


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The CAMP model has shaped the way we present

our learning tasks.Some things we have tried.....

Book making with visual student checklistsEmotions and feelings exploring higher level thinking and

---concepts

Visual category sorting tasks -to manage students finishing

work at different times

Writing visual stories


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The impacts and changes to student learning

Attention to task

Following instructions

Improved communication

Improved self esteem I can do it - I did

it myself

Becoming engaged not just colouring inHigher level thinking skills supported by

visuals


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The impact on teaching practise

Ability to adapt tasks and curriculum for range of abilities is easier

VISUALS BECOME CRITERIA AND MODELS for students to referto(teacher can roam)

Lessons are authentic and contextual

Teacher skills in designing purposeful visuals has

improved and developed. This has been driven by

need.


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Summary of Achievements to Date

Attention to task

Most powerful tool is the visual prompts

Visuals are changing

Visuals used to support behaviour management

Visuals used for learning and curriculum content

Teacher aides seeing the value in using visuals

Our anecdotal evidence shows that using the visuals has markedlyimproved communication

Visuals are invaluable


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Some key points as we reflect on our learning

Behaviour is communication

Attention and listening are critical

No one believed these students could learn or change

their behaviour

All people are learners responding is thinking and learning

Labels not questions telling not asking


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Where to now

We are ready for high tech.

What will this look like?

USING COMPUTERS IN CLASS TO

SUPPORT SPEC PROGRAMME

USING THE INTERNET

STUDENTS USING AN IPAD


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STUDENTS BRINGING THEIR

TECHNOLOGY TO CLASS ie OWN IPADS

EXPLORING THE USE OF

COMMUNICATION DEVICES HIGH TECH

STUDENTS FOLLOWING THEIR OWN

VISUAL SCHEDULES TO BECOME

INDEPENDENT LEARNERS AND WORKERS


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Resources that may be useful

www.spec.org.nz

www.boardmakershare.com

www.clickspecialednz.com

www.setbc.org/pictureset

www.boowakwala.comwww.starfall.com

www.do2learn.com

www.visualaidsforlearning.comwww.helpkidzlearn.com

You tube clips and links links to areas of interest from Wiggles to Bob Marley
http://www.spec.org.nz/http://www.boardmakershare.com/http://www.clickspecialednz.co.nz/http://www.setbc.org/picturesethttp://www.boowakwala.com/http://www.starfall.com/http://www.do2learn.com/http://www.visualaidsforlearning.com/http://www.helpkidzlearn.com/http://www.helpkidzlearn.com/http://www.visualaidsforlearning.com/http://www.do2learn.com/http://www.starfall.com/http://www.boowakwala.com/http://www.setbc.org/picturesethttp://www.clickspecialednz.co.nz/http://www.boardmakershare.com/http://www.spec.org.nz/


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Michelle Pointon

email [email protected]

Brenda Pilkinton

email: [email protected]

Julie Tan

Talklink

email: [email protected]
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