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Apache
Junction Unified School District SPECIAL EDUCATION |
I.
Talent Pool
II. Resource Library
III. "HELP! I am looking for..."
| 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. |
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| 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 |
| 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. |
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| 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. |
2811 |
| 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) |