Posts Tagged ‘PPCD’

Children with Multiple Disorders

What do we do with a student who has multiple disorders; for example, visual impairment, cognitive disability, and speech impairment?  A child who is nonverbal and is not ready to make choices or use symbols to communicate presents a unique challenge.  Here are a few techniques we can try: Cause/effect activities Turn-taking activities Switches Making choices Tactile stimulation (trampoline, ball)

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English or Spanish classrooms for PPCD students?

Hi everyone, I asked Kara this question yesterday and we thought everyone would benefit from it: I have a PPCD student and his annual ARD is coming up. His teacher spoke with me yesterday. She said that he has been using more English than Spanish, and always follows directions better in English vs. in Spanish. Mom speaks all English to

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Aligning Therapy with PPCD classes/topics

I am probably the last person on the planet to know about these books but I got my hands on 4 (9 weeks each) manuals that cover the educational topics for the pre-k through K classrooms for the entire year. The topics are like cowboys, zoo animals, color, etc. Each week lists all the vocabulary, related books, topics, and projects

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