Emotional Support
Program @ Neshaminy
High School
Mission Statement
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 Our Mission is to provide a safe, comfortable, and flexible
learning environment where our students can be nurtured to
excel. Our emotional support program focuses on the values of
trust, respect, accountability, responsibility and empathy
towards others. Our collective goal is to provide lessons and
interventions through the group process that will help to
increase the social, emotional, and academic success of our
students. Our staff is passionately committed to your children.
We recognize and appreciate the day to day differences and
challenges, we all face. We recognize the “undiscovered” and
seek to bring back to life their irrepressible souls within.
Mr. Smith
Team Leader
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 Graduated from Holy Family University
 Proud father of my son Stone (5)
 11th year teaching (All at Neshaminy High School)
 Sports, Cooking, Spending time with my son, Stone
and girlfriend, Jessica
 Organized, Empathetic, and Sincere
Mr. Devine
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 Graduate of Millersville University
 Wife (Laura) 3 beautiful daughters (Jaidyn, Jordyn,
and Addisyn)
 17th year teaching (Bristol, Philadelphia, and
Neshaminy)
 Sports, Spending time with friends and family,
Cooking
 Authentic, Passionate, and Loyal
Mrs. Keenan
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 Graduate of Penn State University-Masters from
Trenton State University
 Husband (Timothy) 3 Sons (Timothy, Jesse, and
Kolin)
 18th year of Teaching (Central Bucks, West Amwell,
and Neshaminy)
 Gardening, Walking my Labs, and Spending time
with family
 Caring, Sensitive, and Selfless
Mr. Young
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 Graduate of Holy Family University, PSU, and
LaSalle
 Married (Jessica) with 3 children (Caiden, Avery, and
Logan)
 15th year in Special Education (Teacher/BCBA)
 Weigh training, running, family, and home
remodeling
 Genuine, Caring, Compassionate
Restorative Practice
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 Credited elective course
 The course is designed to provide an emotional
safeguard between outside stressors and academic
expectations via the group process to assess the
students’ current emotional well-being.
 Some of the activities include…team building, ice
breakers, trust building, tolerance and acceptance, to
name a few.
Equality
Rights
Liberty
Opportunity
Democracy
Theory-Based Active
Instruction
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 Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner)
 Cooperative Interaction (Elizabeth Cohen)
 Spiral Curriculum (Jerome Bruner)
Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies
Linguistic-Logical Mathematical-Visual Spatial-Body Kinesthetic-Music RhythmicInterpersonal-Intrapersonal
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Visual Discovery
Social Studies Skill Builders
Experimental Exercises
Writing for understanding
Response Groups
Problem Solving Group work
Preview Assignment
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 Short, engaging assignment to preview key concepts
or tap prior knowledge and personal experience
 Has there been a time in recent history
where America hasn’t provided
opportunity for everyone?
Considerate Text/Organized
Interactive Notebooks
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 Structured Reading Materials enables students at all
levels to understand
 Book on CD (Used for in class reading)
 Comprehensive Graphic Organizers used to record
key ideas
Processing Assignments
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 End of lesson processing assignments, involving
multiple intelligences and higher order thinking
skills to challenge students to apply what they
learned
*timeline activity/reflections
English
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 We read various high interest novels throughout the
school year including, The Maze Runner and Speak.
Both novels are New York Times Best Sellers
 We do grade level vocabulary, PSAT and SAT Prep
 We will cover a plethora of self-selected writing
topics focusing on the PA Writing Standards.
 Lastly, we provide a wide range of opportunities for
students to discuss and reflect on current issues
relevant to their age and population in hopes of
providing lifelong learning skills.
Algebra/Geometry
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 We aspire to motivate students by integrating
Mathematics with real life.
 We look to develop real life problem solving skills.
 We provide ongoing assessment, both formative and
summative, to ensure mastery of each skill set.
 Our curriculum is guided by the PA Mathematics
Standards in order to provide proper preparation for
the Keystone State Standardized Test.
What does all that alphabet soup mean for
my child though?
As a Board Certified Behavior Analyst…
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 FBA’s and PBSP’s
 Individual and Group Motivation/Point System
 With ES program FT to support teachers and assess
student's behavioral needs
 Support entire HS when needed
As an educator and counselor…
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 Support teachers with
curriculum and SDI
 Support students when
needed during
instruction
 Understand differences
 Provide one-on-one
counseling
 On-site with ES
program FT to support,
process, mediate, and
de-escalate any
potential situations that
occur
Service Learning and Other
Activities
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 Vets Home Bingo (DelVal Vets Home)
 Churchville Nature Center Flower Show
 Team Luncheons
 Team Breakfast
 End of Year Bar-B-Que
 Future Endeavors pending Administrative approval
byoung@bucksiu.org
jdevine@neshaminy.k12.pa
rsmith@neshaminy.k12.pa.us
dkeenan@neshaminy.k12.pa.us