There are a number of curriculums available for students. The special education teacher should choose the one that best fits that students' needs and goals. If the student needs help in social skills, the teacher should develop those. If a student wants to go to college and continue taking classes, there are curriculums available to get ready for college level classes. If a student needs specific instruction in daily living skills, that is also available. The following are summaries of different curriculums available done by students who are studying to be Special Education teachers.
The curriculum should be based on transition:
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7 Tips for Success Transition Area: Postsecondary Education and Training
Format: Print; Workbook and Informational Text Contact/Ordering Information: Council for Exceptional Children 2900 Crystal Drive, Suit 1000 Arlington Virginia 22202
Learning characteristics of the student for whom this curriculum would be age and learning appropriate: The book addresses 7 tips for college ready students with disabilities. The student will need to be ready and willing to attend a school at a college level. They need to be determined and willing to advocate for themselves in their college experience. The curriculum explores these resources for the students to be prepared for college. These resources include: learning about the law and preparing for college, knowing your rights and responsibilities, developing essential personal skills, developing college survival skills, understanding college accommodations, finding the right college,and creating a transition portfolio.
7 Steps for Success addresses the following transition needs: The students will learn about the law and preparing for success at college, learn about the rights and responsibilities, develop essential personal skills, develop college survival skills, understanding college accommodations, finding the right college, and creating a transition portfolio.
Other features of 7 Steps for Success: For certain sections there is just written sections which describe laws and tips for the students to know about. Other sections of book are forms and lists that model and could be helpful for the student to use in the future. Examples of this are self determination forms, lists of colleges and how to choose them, lists of college accommodations, lists of programs and resources to help with work, school and legal forms that are filled out and finally stories from students who have gone to college.
Brigance Transition Skills Inventory Transition Area: Transition Skills for students going to post-secondary
Format: Formal Assessment
Contact/Ordering Information: Website: brigance.com; Phone: 1-800-225-0248; Mailing Address:
Curriculum Associates Corporate Headquarters
P.O. Box 2001
North Billerica, MA 01862-0901
Learning characteristics of the student for whom this curriculum would be age and learning appropriate:
This curriculum addresses a student’s transitional skills. It has age-appropriate assessments that support
formal transition planning for students with special needs. These assessments will help the student understand and help them decide what is best for them in the future. It will help the student figure out what their strengths are which includes the ability to make a customizable IEP. Many of the assessments include multiple assessment methods to address a range of student abilities and skill levels.
Brigance addresses the following transition needs: The students will learn their strengths by taking assessments in the skill areas of: academic skills, post-secondary opportunities, independent living and community participation. If the student does not know what their future is to entail, or what they are interested in, the Bridance will help them figure out what their strengths are and help them decide what will be best for them.
Other features: The Brigance has different assessments with examples that you can use. There are letters A-R, all labeled with their specific assessment. There are many examples in each of the section that a student is able to take and learn about themselves and what they are best at.
Janus Life Skills
Transition Area: Home Living, Recreation, and Leisure
Format: Workbook Contact/Ordering Information:
Globe Fearon
ATTN: PRODUCT MARKETING
One Lake Street
Upper Saddle River NJ 07458 USA Phone: 800-321-3106
Learning characteristics of the student for whom this curriculum would be age and learning appropriate: This curriculum would be designed for a student that does not necessarily plan to go to college after high school. The student would need help in several different life skills areas. The transition goal of the student may be to live on his/her own, and this curriculum is specifically designed for them to not only explore living on their own, but to explore the other facets of life that come from living alone. This curriculum would be good to introduce to students when they are in their junior year of high school. This timing would allow them to cover all of the necessary material, and still remember the skills that were learned.
Janus Life Skills addresses the following transition needs: Janus life skills addresses several different needs of transition, possibly for a student that would like to live on their own. These different work books allow students to explore several of the different things that come with living on your own. The books have a wide range of topics that cater to the variety of needs that are very helpful for someone that is living on their own for the first time. These books teach students how to stay healthy, how to get from place to place, how to budget and buy, how to use the telephone and, a guide on shopping for and caring for cars. These are all things that a student in transition should learn, and they are very valuable life skills.
Other features Janus Life Skills: The Janus life skills series includes a series of workbooks that address the needs of any student in transition. These workbooks provide several different learning tools such as vocabulary word work, reading portions, matching exercises, and application of skills. All of these different methods of learning about a wide range of topics pertain to necessary life skills.
