Apache Junction Unified School District
SPECIAL  EDUCATION

I.   Talent Pool
II.  Resource Library
III. "HELP!  I am looking for..."
 

TALENT POOL
 
If you are in need of some assistance or support in a specific area, you may find just what you need in the following database. Look through the "topics;" if you find a topic that appears to meet your needs, you may contact the person or people who have agreed to be consultants in that area. To contact them you may either phone them using the extension numbers listed, or you may send them an e-mail message by clicking on their name (but you must be in Star Office to use the email option). 

If you would like to be included in the Talent Pool, please contact Peggy Mejia.

 
TOPIC CONSULTANT EXT.
Adaptive Equipment Diana Woods 5649
Administration   5646
Art Lessons   5529/5530
Assistive Technology Diana Woods 5649
Attention: Enhancing Attention Diana Woods 5649
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)    
  2506
Auditory Processing/Listening Comprehension   2906
  5710
Autism   3206
  5529/5530
Diana Woods 5649
Basic Guitar   5832
Child Development Diana Woods 5649
Use of visual supports to enhance communication
Use of music & movement with special needs students
Use of Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) for austistic children, developmentally delayed, other non-verbal students.
Susan DiSanto  
Diagnosis of Disabilities Marj Hayles 2906
Eating Disorders   2506
Emotionally Disabled Students (ED)    
Fragile X Syndrome   5646
Hand Skill Diana Woods 5649
     
Learning Strategies    
Memorization: Visualization Techniques as an aid to Memorization Donna Kulwicki 5641
Mental Retardation (MIMR, MOMR, SMR) Mike Andrews  
   
Emotional Disability    
Sensory Intergration    
     
Paraprofessional Training    
Pictures/Symbols: The use of Picture/Symbols for Communication   5625
     
Positive Reinforcements: The use of Positive Reinforcements   2506
Rebus Symbols: Using Rebus Symbols to Teach Reading Mike Andrews  
Sign Language   5832
Touch Math Mike Andrews 5646
 
RESOURCE LIBRARY
If you are looking for some teaching materials or equipment, perhaps one of your colleagues has just the right thing. Check out the list of items. If you find something that you would like to borrow, contact the person listed by either calling them or clicking on their name and sending them an e-mail message (but you must be in Star Office to use the email option). .

If you have materials or equipment that you are not using and could share with your colleagues, please contact Peggy Mejia so that you can be included in the list.

Resource            Lender  Ext.
P.E.C.S. (Picture Exchange Communication System): training notebook from conference.  Available after January 8, 2001   5529/5530
Lots of Art Activities.  Available after January 8, 2001   5529/5530
Video Tapes: autism, hand development, handwriting, feeding for special needs students, sensory integration Diana Woods 5649
Resource Books: attention strategies, visual strategies Diana Woods 5649
Child development classroom adaptation ideas and resources for ordering materials Diana Woods 5649
History and Math materials at the elementary levels   5352
Transitional curruclum and materials: anything from daily living skills to preparing for college   5355
Math Their Way: primary math manipulatives   5934
ADHD Videos: What Can We Do?; ADHD in the Classroom; All About ADD (part 1 and part 2); Education Inattentive Children; ADHD Special Report (Phoenix Hospital)   2043
LD Video: F.A.T. City - Understanding Learning Disabilities: How Difficult Can This Be (Richard LaVoie)   2043
Physical Management (Restraint Training) Video (made in AJUSD)   2043
Neurobiology of Developmental Disorders (U. of San Francisco) parts 1 and 2   2043
Social Skills Training Books: Skilling Streaming for Elementary School Child; Social Skills Activities for Special Children   2043
Numerous books on student and child management: Solving Discipline Problems; Succeeding with Difficult Students (with workbook); Dare to Discipline; STEP; STEP for Teens; STEP for Young Children; Logical Consequences; Discipline Without Tears; Assertive Discipline; Assertive Discipline for Parents;    2043
Numerous books on ADHD and attention problems: Children's Learning and Attention Problems; The Hyperactive Child, Adolescent; and Adult; Education of Children with ADD; ADHD-a clinical workbook; Sourcebook for Children with ADD; ADHD (R. Barkley's handbook); The ADD Handbook for Schools; The ADD Workbook for Parents, Teachers and Kids   2043
Numerous Professional Journals (many back issues): Exceptional Children; Teaching Exceptional Children; LDA Newsbrief; The Special Educator; CEC Today; School Psychology Review; The School Administrator; Educational Leadership; Communique (NASP newsletter); Special Education Law Update   2043
Low Tech Assistive Devices: A Handbook for the School Setting
By: Lynn Ciampa Stoller, M.S., OTR/L, BCP

This book lists low tech or easy to make devices that can be used in the school setting. Devices used throughout the school setting cover such concerns as positioning, mobility, communication aids, computers, pointers and time management tools. The book also lists specific, easy to make devices for specific curriculum areas such as reading, writing, math, art, music, industrial arts, home economics and lunchroom. 
 

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"HELP!  I'M LOOKING FOR...."
Check out the list of colleagues who are in need of some teaching materials or equipment.  If you see something that a co-worker is looking for, contact the person listed by either calling them or clicking on their name and sending them an e-mail message (but you must be in Star Office to use the email option). 

If you are in need of material or equipment, and you don't see it in the Resource Library, please contact Dean Brown so that you can advertise your need in the list.  Don't forget to also contact Dean once you have found what you are looking for so that your name can be removed from the list.

The Need      The Needy  Ext.
Any information or resources on ABA training   5529/5530
Any information or resources on PACE training   5529/5530
Elevation relief maps of the world and the U.S.   5352
Maps of astronomy (i.e. planets)   5352
A Language Master   5934
Adaptive PE Items such as croquet, lawn bowling, Twister, plastic bowling pins and ball, etc. (need not be in perfect shape but have all the necessary parts) Terry Barwick 5352
Arizona history books (6 are needed)    
 
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