FCPS Department of
Special Services
Reorganization
New Leadership
Kim Dockery
Assistant Superintendant
Dept. of Special Services
Kathy Roed
Hallie Marcotte
Director
Office of Special Ed.
Instruction (OSEI)
Director
Special Ed.
Procedural Support
Theresa Zutter
Director
Intervention and
Prevention Services
Don Long
Director
Operations, Planning
And Communications
Office of Special Education
Instruction (OSEI)
Kathy Roed
Director
Office of Special Ed.
Instruction (OSEI)
Marilyn Lovett
Flo Bosch
Coordinator
PK-12 Special Ed
Instruction
Coordinator
PK-12 Adapted
Curriculum
Donna Lentini
Coordinator
Related Services and
Professional Devel.
Marty Humbertson
Coordinator
Career and Transition
Services
OSEI Focus for 2009-2010
• Working collaboratively with our Instructional Services colleagues to
plan and deliver professional development opportunities and support for
teachers, instructional assistants, and administrators.
• Increase vertical articulation between elementary, middle and high
school special education staffs.
• Provide guidance to schools in the areas of reading instruction and math
intervention
• Provide targeted support to schools in their use of data to support
instruction for students with disabilities
• Provide guidance for teachers and administrators on how to respond
effectively and systematically to students with challenging behaviors.
• Provide school-based professional development and support to teachers
on how to address the needs of students with Asperger’s syndrome.
Fairfax County Public Schools
Curriculum
• General Education Curriculum
• SOL and FCPS Program of Studies (POS)
goals and objectives
• With accommodations to address areas of need as defined in
the IEP
• Curriculum adapted as needed
• Foundations courses in HS
• Life Skills Curriculum
• Individualized skill-based curriculum
• Aligned with state assessment objectives
• Goals and objectives outlined in the IEP
Life Skills Curriculum Framework
• Aligned Standards of Learning
(ASOL)
• Functional Academics
• Independent Living Skills
• Career Development
• Behavior, Communication,
Fine Motor and Gross Motor
• Community Based Instruction (CBI)
Curriculum Focus
• Literacy and math
• Social and communication skills
• Inclusive opportunities
• Generalization of skills into practical daily
living activities
State Assessment
• Participation in the Virginia Assessment
Program is required
• SOL tests
• VGLA, VSEP (HS only)
• Virginia Alternate Assessment (VAAP)
Annual Assessment
• Criterion-based assessments using
standardized instruments
• Brigance Assessments
• Early Development II (Yellow)
• Comprehensive Inventory of Basic Skills (Green)
• Life Skills Inventory (Blue)
Staff Training
• Student-focused intervention
• Classroom organization and structure
• Behavior management
• Curriculum across content areas and domains of
learning
• Instructional strategies/practices
• Assessment/data collection
• Communication and social skills development
Preschool Autism Classes
and Enhanced ABA
Elementary Services
What is ABA?
ABA is Applied Behavior Analysis
APPLIED
• The application of the theory, principles, and procedures of
behaviorism to problems of human behavior in natural settings
BEHAVIOR
• Concerned with observable phenomena
ANALYSIS
• Deals with objective measures of intervention and change
What is ABA?
• ABA is…
• a science based on learning theory
• a set of systematic procedures derived from behavioral
principles to improve socially significant behaviors
• a methodology used to modify behaviors and to teach
skills to children, adolescents, and adults of ALL
functioning levels
ABA Enhanced Services include:
Services:
• Comprehensive training plan for all staff
• 2:1 staffing ratio in classroom
• Early Academic Curriculum Guide
• Uniform data system
• Bi-annual assessment
• ABLLS as a resource
• Preschool Autism Class (PAC) summer services
• Parent workshops
• Website: www.fcps/DSSSE/ABA/
ABA Enhanced Services include:
Personnel:
• Pre-K-12 Adapted Curriculum Coordinator,
• Flo Bosch
• Applied Behavior Analysis Program Manager,
• Becky Lamont
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Applied Behavior Analysis Coaches
Specially trained teachers and instructional assistants
Centrally placed instructional assistants
Expert consultants from Autism Partnership and
Great Strides
Preschool Autism Classes (PAC)
• Full day classes
• Early Academic Curriculum
• Social Skills, Imitation, Behavior, Language,
Motor, Self Help, Play, Pre-Academics
• Uniform data collection system
• Weekly ABA coach support
• Fall and spring assessments
Elementary Classes
• 2:1 student to staff ratio
• Use Early Academic Curriculum
Guide, Life Skills Curriculum,
SOL Curriculum
• Uniform data collection system
• Weekly ABA coach support
• Fall and spring assessments
Assessment and Data Collection
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Early Academic Curriculum Guide
Verbal Behavior Assessment
Task Analysis of Verbal Operants
Data Sheets
Curriculum Planning form
ABLLS as a resource
Classroom Assistance Checklist
Staff Training
• Core Staff Training
• ABA Fundamentals
• VB Fundamentals
• Hands On Training
• Monthly Training Workshops
• On-site Training by ABA Coaches
• Ongoing support from Consultants
Role of ABA Coaches
• Caseload of 13 classes
• Provide support to teachers and IAs
• Visit classes every 7-9 days
• Facilitate the transfer of ABA/VB principles and
procedures to the classroom
• Make instructional recommendations to staff
• Functional assessments, behavior intervention plans
• Provide training to instructional staff
• Collaborate with outside consultants and private
providers
Parent Workshops
• Monthly day and evening sessions
• Parent-generated topics
Home School Collaboration
• Sharing of data
• Classroom observations
• Collaborative team
meetings
• Meet and greet with ABA
coach and school team
Services for Students at
Secondary
Students Transitioning to
Secondary Programming
• Collaboration with elementary services
personnel
• Continuity in service delivery through the
use of ABA techniques
• Staff training
• Teachers, IA’s, related services staff
• Coach support
• Support from outside consultants
Instructional Focus
• Movement toward learning within small
and large group formats
• emphasis on observational and interactive learning
Instructional Focus
• Opportunities for career and
daily living skill development
• life skills, language and social skill instruction
embedded
• elective classes offer a range of opportunities
for skill development
Instructional Focus
• Focused attention on building communication skills
to meet social, emotional, behavioral, independent
living and career development needs
Instructional Focus
• Emphasis placed on fading continuous
and direct reinforcement
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schedules
token economies
point systems
group reinforcement
Independence/Responsibility
• Focus on increasing independent functioning in
school, community and career settings
• Students may participate in self-advocacy training
• Increased focus on learning
self-manage behaviors in
variety of settings
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• Some students may attend
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Socialization
• Peer interaction is encouraged through
participation in after-school activities
• Direct instruction in social skills
with an emphasis on teaching
“cool” and age-appropriate
interactive skills
School Environment
• Lockers
• Changing classes
• Multiple teachers
• Hallway bathrooms
• PE changing out
• Larger school environment
Inclusive Programming
• Inclusion into general ed environments
• Reverse inclusion
• Peer tutoring
• Community Inclusion (CBI)
• Best Buddies
• After school activities
Behavior Programming
• Balance of practical and programmatic
responses
• Explicit plans with reactive and proactive
elements
• Occurs throughout the day
• Fading toward social, self management, and
natural arrangements as soon as possible
OSEI Contacts
• Katharine M. Roed, Director, Office of Special Education Instruction
• KMRoed@fcps.edu
• Flo Bosch, PreK-12 Adapted Curriculum Coordinator
• FMBosch@fcps.edu
• Becky Lamont, Applied Behavior Analysis Manager
• RCLamont@fcps.edu
• Ellen Agosta, Adapted Curriculum Specialist, Elementry
• EMAgosta@fcps.edu
• Lisa Wooditch, Adapted Curriculum Specialist, Secondary
• LMWooditch@fcps.edu
Questions and Discussion