General

November 2014 – This month Pre-K and Level 1 classes focus on how to work effectively with their learners at home.  Determining goals, setting the stage for success and keeping track of progress are all components of an effective home program.  Upper level classes take the theme of effective learning and apply it to the…

October 2014 – This month Pre-K and Level 1 classes focus on the early number concepts of rote counting, numeral recognition and counting with  meaning.  Spending time on these concepts helps students build a solid foundation in math which will be useful as they work on higher level math skills such as adding, subtracting, time…

September 2014 – For lower levels, our September focus is vocabulary development and sight word acquisition. The books are Food/More Food and Pets/More Pets depending on whether it is the student’s first time through or second. The math focus is on rote counting and number identification. For upper levels, our September focus is comprehension. Special…

June 2014 – This month all classes focus on working and short term memory. Studies show that students with Down syndrome have verbal short term memory challenges and relative visual short term memory strengths. Understanding memory and interventions to improve memory can lead to improvements in targeted memory tasks and, hopefully, improved academic achievement  We…