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Use Social Thinking Curriculum and the Social Skill Development Lab to give additional support and systematic programming to the students at our school (k thru 3rd grade) who show a need for behavioral/social intervention based on their individual classroom behavior data, ability to self-regulate during unstructured activities (ex. lunch or PE), ability to work independently during small group classroom work activities/projects and/or office referral data.

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Social Thinking for School Success

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School:
Forest Lakes Elementary School 
Subject:
Other 
Teacher:
Suzanne Bradford 
 
Stacey Rutledge 
Students Impacted:
28 
Grade:
Pre K - 5 
Date:
September 25, 2017

Investor

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Raymond James Financial - $445.89

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Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 22

The social thinking curriculum was well received by the students in both the general education classrooms and the self-contained autism (ASD) classrooms.  The program was easy for the adults to implement and the students were able to relate to the characters presented in the program.

 

We met with each group for 30 minutes twice a week during their grade level intervention time.  Each session consisted of a 20 minute small group lesson and a 10 minute teacher facilitated play group.

 

Student comments in regards to the Social Thinking intervention groups:

 

"I love it because it teaches me how to be socially smart and I get to play with my buddies."

"I think it really helps me and it's fun."

"I feel that I'm expressing how I am as SuperFlex and sometimes an unthinkable and I strongly feel that this is the right thing for me to do."

 

95% of the students surveyed indicated the social thinking curriculum helped them learn about their own and other's behavior and 95% of the students wanted to continue participating in the social skills intervention group next year.  Our plan next year is continue the program with the students who participated this year and expand the program to include additional students in the general education population.

 

Original Grant Overview

Goal

Use Social Thinking Curriculum and the Social Skill Development Lab to give additional support and systematic programming to the students at our school (k thru 3rd grade) who show a need for behavioral/social intervention based on their individual classroom behavior data, ability to self-regulate during unstructured activities (ex. lunch or PE), ability to work independently during small group classroom work activities/projects and/or office referral data.  

 

What will be done with my students

The behavior specialist and guidance councelor will use the Social Thinking Curriculum and Social Skill Development Lab with students needing Tier 2 or Tier 3 interventions for social/behavioral deficits. The Social Thinking Curriculum used will be based on each student's grade level, development level, and social/behavioral deficit/s (we currently have the Social Thinking Curriculum for k/1 students). Targeted students will participate in weekly small group Social Thinking Instruction during their grade level's intervention time period. In addition, 1 time per week students will have lunch in the social skill development lab where the guidance councelor and/or behavior specialist will facilitate the practice and generalization of the social skills taught during the week in a natural environment that will include Peer PALS (peer models). Since this will be a Tier 2 or Tier 3 intervention, progress monitoring will be ongoing for each student participating in the program. 

 

Benefits to my students

By participating in the Social Thinking Curriculum and Social Skill Development Lab on a weekly basis, the targeted students will improve their social/behavioral functioning. The students participating in the social skills intervention groups will:
Learn to recognize that they and others have different perceptions and abilities to process social information
Learn to navigate their social thinking, social interaction and social communication in order to decrease problem behaviors and increase their ability to become effective members during classroom small group work activities/projects.
Learn to better adapt and respond to the people and situations around them

Participating in the Social Skill Development Lab will give the students the opportunity to practice their social skills in a small group with the support of trained staff (behavior specialist/guidance councelor) and peer models.
 

 

Describe the Students

The targeted students show a need for tier 2 or tier 3 support due to social/behavioral deficits. Currently there are 19 general education students (k-3) who would benefit from participating in the Social Thinking curriculum. Some of these students have been diagnosed with ADD (attention deficit disorder), sensory disorders, anxiety disorders or Asperger's. Some are language impaired. Many have no diagnosis. 9 students are serviced in our 2/3 self-contained ASD (autism spectrum disorder) unit and have high functioning autism.  

 

Budget Narrative

The We Thinkers Vol. 2 Social Thinking Curriculum will be purchased from SocialThinking.com and will give us the ability to continue the concepts taught in the We Thinkers Vol. 1 program (which our school already has). The Social Skill Development Lab materials (learning/play materials) will be purchased from Lakeshore Learning and will be used in structured and facilitated play activities that will take place each week during the students' lunch period. 

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 We Thinkers! Vol. 2 Social Problem Solvers Deluxe Package (grades 2/3) $154.99
2 You are a Social Detective! $22.00
3 Squishy Foam Flexible Thinking Brains (12) $48.00
4 Spiral Art Design Center (4) $79.96
5 Spiral Art Replacement Paper (2) $12.98
6 Sling Shot Math Game (2) $49.98
7 Floating Magnet Matching Set (4) $52.98
8 Shipping and Handling $25.00
  Total: $445.89

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