The importance of schedules and routines cannot be expressed enough.  There is a reason for this; it lead directly to the ability to provide systematic goal instruction within the classroom setting.  This gets to the heart of access for children with disabilities and challenging behavior.

ALL children in the classroom need explicit instruction in ANY skill that they are expected to learn.  Their past experiences are limited.  We have to build their library of knowledge by giving them learning experiences.  However, even with solid instruction that reach most children, therer will inevitably be a few children who need something more. They need specially designed experiences and multiple exposure to grasp and retain that same knowledge that other children grasped quickly.

In Systematic Instruction, you will explore ways to provide extra support/time/expereinces for those children who need it.  This should not be "in addition to" your daily activities.  These practicies should organizcally fit into the daily schedules and routines that are currently in place.  Not extra, and yet, still more.  Great teachers make this process like a fluid work of art.  Becoming an expert in this key practice will ensure that you have the skills to be an educational artist as well.  Enjoy!

~The ECSE Team

As these are strategies teachers are using, it is not necessary to send a handout home to create transfer.  However, the above handouts may be used during IEP conferences to explain how these practices will be used in the classroom to provide services to their children.  Information from the Importance of Belonging page can also be used.