Mindset,
Concentration,
& Social Skill Activity for the Week by
Zhanna Preston, Ed.D.

TIP OF THE WEEK 9/21/2015

In this PPT you will find the following tools:



Growth Mindset Quotation (display in your classroom)
Growth Mindset Activity (do with your students)

IEP Tip of the Week (discuss as a special education department)

Social Skill for the Week (display in your classroom)

Social Skill Activity (do with your students)

Sensory Pictorial Activities for the four remaining days of this week (show one picture a day to your students and have them study its details for 2 min)

MINDSET QUOTATION

• The legendary cellist Pablo Casals was asked why he continued to practice at age 90. "Because I'm making progress," he replied.

Mindset activity

Certain Foods

Leafy Greens

NUTS

Foods Rich in Omega 3 Fats

Mindset Activity

THIS WEEK's SOCIAL SKILL:

FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS

• Look at the person
• Say, "OK"
• Do what you have been asked right away.
• Check back.

Social Skills ACTIVITY

Why is it important to follow directions?

• Without following directions the world would be a complete chaos.
• The world is a safer place because laws are enforced and rules are followed.
• Following directions is part of every work place.

ChooSE a JOB you would like to pursue

• List types of directions will you need to follow throughout the day at work.
• Now list different types of directions you follow throughout the school day.
• Make a Venn Diagram showing which directions the work and the school day have in common.

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2 Minute sensory routine

Choose the same time during the day for this activity
Ask students to sit quietly for 2 minutes and look at one picture a day
Ask students to make up a title for the picture using a letter from the picture in their title

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IEP TIP OF THE WEEK

If you reduce or increase services

• At an Annual or Ammendment IEP, explain why such a change is needed

IEP TIP OF THE WEEK

• If you propose increasing SAI, speech, OT, APE, behavioral intervention, or any other services - explain why and document it in the summary / Prior Written Notice format

Proposing A change

• without an explanation makes an IEP lack in substantative appropriateness and fails to provide Prior Written Notice

EXAMPLE

• The previous annual IEP offered two 30 min speech sessions
• At the new annual IEP the speech model was changed to one 20 min session a week
• No explanation was documented
• When audited the IEP did not provide parents with an explanation / Prior Written Notice

Sample Reasons

• An increase in behaviors warranted an increase in behavioral intervention services
• Progress toward goals and increase in communication skills demonstrated in class warranted the decrease in speech services

Let me know how it goes

REFERENCES

• BOYS TOWN SOCIAL SKILLS
• HAIKU DECK