Special Services Staff
Goal:
Continuing to provide support to our SWSD students, families, and district staff members throughout this health-related school closure for our most vulnerable population of students.
Child Study Team
Speech Therapists
School Psychologists
LDTCs
Social Workers
Expectations
Complete writing reports for students already tested
Reschedule Meetings as necessary
Complete social history evaluations via phone
Continue working on IEPs
Input progress monitoring
Review NJSLA and DLM students on caseload for accuracy and appropriate accommodations
Related Service Providers
Speech Therapists
School Psychologists
Social Workers
Occupational Therapists
Physical Therapists
BCBA
Adaptive PE Teachers
Expectations
Cross check IEPDirect and SEMI for frequency and duration of services
Input information into shared Google Sheet of anticipation of services missed
Plan to increase frequency of sessions and/or provide compensatory sessions as applicable
Email parents (or provide packets) suggested activities to maintain skills
School Nurses
Expectations
Prepare for all essential medication to be given back to parents for home-use if necessary
Be available via email for any consultations or questions
Contact parents of students who take medication to determine if medication is needed for home
Special Education Teachers
Expectations
Continue with the platform used by your school to disseminate lessons, information, and assignments
Continue using differentiated assignments
Provide modified and broken down directions to families
Provide supports to parents and students as needed
Guidance Counselors
Expectations
Enter PNP information into Pearson
Generate a list and schedule for student/parent contacts to check in with your regular counseling students (option to use Google Meets for virtual chats)
Further develop websites with parent resources for supporting students with social-emotional needs, peer relationships, and other mental health awareness resources.
Begin to create additional sections on websites that can be used by students & families in regards to understanding various cultures and backgrounds. With empathy being one of the most important qualities we can try and instill in the students, more exposure to other families’ traditions, holidays, languages, etc. can allow students to have more knowledge and therefore be more open-minded when communicating and collaborating with students whose cultures are different from their own.