Syllabus

DAILY LIVING SYLLABUS

SARAH ASHWORTH

AUGUST, 2022

DESCRIPTION OF STUDENTS

Washington Center is a school in Greenville County that serves students from the ages of three to twenty-one. The school staff is responsible for providing students with educational opportunities that enable each child to reach his or her fullest potential for learning and participation in home, school and community life.

Daily Living includes instruction in the areas of personal hygiene, clothing care skills, housekeeping skills and simple kitchen skills. Many students require one on one instruction to keep them on task. Due to diverse student abilities, a variety of individualized instructional strategies are used.

Thirty to Forty students from four of the middle schools attend the Daily Living Program at Washington Center. These classes come on a weekly basis and participate in cooking, laundry and housekeeping tasks. Each activity touches on the skills listed on the student’s Individual Educational Plan objectives developed by their classroom teachers.

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENTAL GOALS

My primary goal is to actively engage students in learning. The state curriculum standards for Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and Science will be addressed using extensions and adaptations. My program allows for extensions and adaptations of these standards. A variety of instructional approaches will be utilized to accommodate the diverse levels of each student.

UNITS OF INSTRUCTION

Primary skill areas that are addressed in the first quarter include: laundry skills, clothing care, preparing food from simple pictorial recipes, personal hygiene, and simple household tasks. These skill areas continue to be addressed during the remaining three quarters of the school year for mastery and maintenance.

Also included in the program are seasonal and holiday activities that supplement the regular curriculum. Seasonal activities include cooking tasks and other hands on activities based on the following:

September – Fall fruits and vegetables/weather

October – Halloween treats/pumpkin recipes

November – Thanksgiving recipes

December – Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa recipes

January – snow/Martin Luther King Day/winter weather

February – Valentine’s Day/Presidents’ Day/Black History

March – St. Patrick’s Day/Spring weather

April – Easter recipes

May – Mother’s Day/Summer recipes

When appropriate, I do work in conjunction with other departments such as The Art and Media Center Department, The Adaptive Environmental Science Department, The Speech Department as well as classroom teachers. This collaboration assists students as they transition skills to other areas.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

Kitchen Appliances, Pots, Pans, Utensils, Dishes

Laundry Baskets, Clothes, Hanging Racks, Hangers, Jigs

Promethean Board, Computer, Board maker Software, Camera

Recipe Books, Library Books, Picture Books

Switches, Voice Output Devices, Environmental Control Units

Art and Craft Supplies, Puzzles, Games

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES

The students who are assigned to this class have had psycho-educational evaluations. This procedure follows district, state, and federal guidelines. Evaluation data and formal and informal assessments are used to develop the annual IEP with appropriate goals and objectives. In addition all students must also meet the attendance requirements of the district.

I will use data sheets to track progress at designated times throughout the year. Some of the students in my classroom will participate in the SC -ALT Assessment. The Daily Living classroom serves as a multiple setting for instruction. It is an extension and adaptation of State Curriculum and Frameworks. Evaluations to measure progress will be retrieved from data sheets.

RULES FOR STUDENT BEHAVIOR

Classroom rules have been developed with the understanding level of the student. The rules in my classroom are posted using picture symbols, as this is the method the majority of my students use for communication purposes. Good behavior is rewarded with praise and sometimes a special activity. Positive behaviors are always reinforced. Behavior Intervention Plans are attached to the profiles of those students who have them, and I adhere to the guidelines in the plan.

My rules are posted on the wall in my classroom. The rules are simple. They are:

· Be Ready To Work

· Follow Directions

· Have Fun!

PRESENTATION OF RULES

Rules will be talked about with students on a daily basis. Repetition of information must be presented daily. Levels of communication will be utilized when planning the presentation of rules.

COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS

Most communication with parents will be done in conjunction with the classroom teachers. I also discuss students’ progress in informal conversations at various school functions. Notes will be sent home announcing any special activity. A district website is also maintained with a page for parents.