Summer Reading & Music Activities

Parents,

    Here are some activity ideas for you to do with your child over the summer. These are books with songs that we have been reading all year long. I am wanting to create a system in the fall where parents can 'check out' a bag with the book, music and activity sheet to take home and try. For now I hope you can find the songs on Youtube and the book at the county library. I will try and post a new one every few weeks, although they might come in rounds depending on my summer schedule. Here is the first one:

Brown Bear, Brown Bear,
What Do You See?

Written by Bill Martin Jr., Illustrated by Eric Carle,

Henry Holt and Company 1983

Music can be found on youtube and iTunes

Youtube Link: Brown Bear

Lyrics:

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?

I see a Red Bird looking at Me.

Red Bird, Red Bird, What do you see?

I see a Yellow Duck looking at Me.

Yellow Duck, Yellow Duck, do you see?

I see a Blue Horse looking at Me.

Blue Horse, Blue Horse, What do you see?

I see a Green Frog looking at Me.

Green Frog, Green Frog, What do you see?

I see a Purple Cat looking at Me.

Purple Cat, Purple Cat, What do you see?

I see a White Dog looking at Me.

White Dog, White Dog, What do you see?

I see a Black Sheep looking at Me.

Black Sheep, Black Sheep, What do you see?

I see a Goldfish looking at Me.

Goldfish, Goldfish, What do you see?

I see a Teacher looking at Me.

Teacher, Teacher, What do you see?

I see Children looking at Me.

Children, Children, What do you see?

We see a Brown Bear, a Red Bird, a Yellow Duck, a Blue Horse, a Green Frog, a Purple Cat, a White Dog, a Black Sheep, a Gold Fish and a Teacher looking at us, that’s what we see.

Developmental Focus: Colors and Animal Names

Activities: Sign color and animal names, do a variety of categories with this pattern (e.g. snowman, snowman, what do you wear? I wear a black hat on my head, Snowman, snowman, what do you wear? I wear a purple scarf around my neck etc…) Make popsicle (or tongue depressor) puppets with the animals on them to hold up when they are read.

Therapy and Other Support Services in the Salt Lake Valley*

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Speech and Language:

Autism Journeys Consulting

Address: 3130 West Maple Loop Drive, Suite 110, Lehi, UT 84043-5784

Phone: 801-766-8681 Toll Free Phone: 877-312-3739

URL: http://autismjourneys.net/

Services Provided: Treatment of autism spectrum disorders using various methods including Applied Behavior Therapy (ABA), Floor Time, PECS, Social Stories, TEACCH, RDI, DT, and others.

Scottish Rites Children’s Learning Center

3210 Highland Drive, Suite B, Salt Lake City, UT 84106

Phone: 801-486-0579

URL: http://utahscottishrite.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1... Services Provided: 1. Tutoring for the child accompanied by a parent or other attending adult who will follow through with tutoring assisgnments in the home.2. Conferencing with parents.3. Parenting and educational workshops for families.4. Educational materials available for home use. Eligibility: Children ages 2 1/2-12 with language, speech, and reading special needs children.

University of Utah Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic

Organization Name: University Of Utah, Department Of Communication Sciences And Disorders

Address: 417 Wakara Way, Suite 1112, Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Phone: 801-581-3506 Fax: 801-585-6127

URL: http://www.health.utah.edu/csd/clinical/SLHC.html

Services Provided: 1. Speech/language diagnosis.
2. Speech/language treatment.
3. Hearing evaluation.
4. Hearing aid evaluation and fitting.
5. Aural rehabilitation services - cochlear implant rehab.
6. Audiology Clinic.

Primary Children’s Medical Center

Organization Name: Intermountain Health Care

Address: 100 North Mario Capecchi Drive (1750 East), Salt Lake City, UT 84113 Phone: 801-662-1000

URL: http://intermountainhealthcare.org/hospitals/primarychildrens/Pages/hom...

Occupational Therapy:

Autism Journeys Consulting

Address: 3130 West Maple Loop Drive, Suite 110, Lehi, UT 84043-5784

Phone: 801-766-8681 Toll Free Phone: 877-312-3739

URL: http://autismjourneys.net/

Services Provided: Treatment of autism spectrum disorders using various methods including Applied Behavior Therapy (ABA), Floor Time, PECS, Social Stories, TEACCH, RDI, DT, and others.

Child Development Clinic

Utah Department of Health and Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah Address: 44 Mario Capecchi Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84114

Phone: 801-584-8510 Toll Free Phone: 800-829-8200 Fax: 801-584-8579

URL: http://health.utah.gov/cshcn/cdc/

Services Provided: Staffed by developmental pediatrics, psychology, audiology, physical therapy, social work, etc. Assessment, case management, treatment initiation when needed. Specializes in children with special healthcare needs. Shares information with referral source with appropriate releases.

Primary Children’s Medical Center

Organization Name: Intermountain Health Care

Address: 100 North Mario Capecchi Drive (1750 East), Salt Lake City, UT 84113 Phone: 801-662-1000

URL: http://intermountainhealthcare.org/hospitals/primarychildrens/Pages/hom...

Behavior Support

The HOPE Project

http://education.byu.edu/familyhope/

http://education.byu.edu/familyhope/six_steps.html

This site provides 6 steps to changing behavior, provides videos of how to use the steps and provides contact information to receive help with behavioral needs. Also provides links to other resources, articles etc…

The Children’s Center

Address: 5242 South 4820 West, Kerns Utah 84118

Phone: 801-966-4251

Website: www.tccslc.org

The Children’s Center provides psychological and psychiatric evaluations, individual and group therapy, and parent consultations. They provide services for children 6 and younger.

Other Support Services:

PLAY Project

Organization Name: Easter Seals Northern Rocky Mountain Inc.

Address: 350 South 400 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Phone: 801-633-2091 Fax: 801-966-4289

URL: http://www.esgw-nrm.easterseals.com

Services Provided: The P.L.A.Y. Project®, Easter Seals’ home-based children’s autism program, offers an effective and affordable early intervention model for children ages 14 months to 8 years old. The P.L.A.Y. Project® is all about helping parents make meaningful connections with their child through play...connections that bring the child out of isolation and into a place where language, socialization, and meaningful relationships can develop and grow.

Autism Journeys Consulting

Address: 3130 West Maple Loop Drive, Suite 110, Lehi, UT 84043-5784

Phone: 801-766-8681 Toll Free Phone: 877-312-3739

URL: http://autismjourneys.net/

Services Provided: Treatment of autism spectrum disorders using various methods including Applied Behavior Therapy (ABA), Floor Time, PECS, Social Stories, TEACCH, RDI, DT, and others.

Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarship

Utah State Office of Education

Address: 250 East 500 South, PO Box 144200, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200

Phone: 801-538-7500

URL: http://schools.utah.gov/sars/Quick-Links/Carson-Smith-Scholarship.aspx

Services Provided: Tuition assistance for eligible special needs students enrolled in eligible private schools.

Carmen Pingree School For Children with Autism

Address: 780 South Guardsman Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Phone: 801-581-0194 Fax: 801-581-0193

URL: http://www.valleymentalhealth.org/

Services Provided: 1. Preschool Services - day treatment program operating Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - 2.45 p.m. for eleven month school year.
2. Elementary Services - day treatment program operating Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - 2.45 p.m. for kindergarten and an additional 4 hours on Friday for 1st grade and older.
3. Sibling programs for siblings of students in the program.
4. Parent training workshops.
5. Home based interventions.

Respite Care:

Family Support Center
Autism Respite Program
http://www.utahfamilysupport.org/
http://www.familysupportcenter.org/autismrespite.php

Friday Night Kids
Diane McNeill
801-494-9837
Info@FridaysKids.org
www.Fridayskids.org

Division of Services for Persons with Disabilities
State Waiver Program
(There is a Waiting List based on need. They do a
In-take & Needs assessment and look at financial)
1.877.568.0084

Additional Resources:

http://www.medicalhomeportal.org/

http://www.utahparentcenter.org/

http://www.familysupportcenter.org/

http://www.utahparentcenter.org/disabilities/autism/

http://www.canyonsdistrict.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=645:medicaid

http://www.utahautismfoundation.org

Autism Council of Utah

Address: 230 West 200 South, Suite 1101, Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1337

URL: http://www.autismcouncilofutah.org/

Services Provided: An Independent council working to foster collaboration, communication, and learning among families and agencies through the promotion of access to resources and responsible information for individuals who have or are affected by autism or related conditions.

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School Dates to Remember

No School Days:

February 20^th: President’s Day

March 1^st: EBL Day

March 8^th: Parent/Teacher Conferences

April 2^nd-6^th: Spring Break

May 28^th: Memorial Day

Other Important Dates:

       March 7^th-8^th: Parent/Teacher Conferences

       June 5^th: Last Day of Preschool

Social Brain in Autism, Dr.Klin.

While filling out this weeks data forms, here is some of the information I gleaned while listening to the 5^th  one of the Yale Autism Seminar:

Social Brain in Autism, Dr. Klin.

This lecture discusses research that demonstrates the difference of social focus of persons with autism compared to ‘typical’ adults. Dr. Klin shares research and talks about how watching people’s eye’s and making eye-contact means that one is thinking about that person. The importance of eye-contact, joint attention and focusing on eyes is presented. It explains that persons with autism often struggle with social awareness because they tend to focus on objects and other’s mouths when they are talking as opposed to looking and watching people’s eyes.

What I pulled out of this lecture is the importance of naturally increasing eye-contact, awareness of others and joint attention with the students we teach. We have both ABA activities and RDI (relationship development intervention) that we use to do this.

Some of these activities include: Peek-A-Boo (with hands, plain masks, cloth), Anticipation games (tickling, swinging (w/ eye-contact for ‘go’), certain toys (e.g. jack in the box), bubbles etc…) and gross motor games (dad’s are great at ‘rough housing’ but mom’s can do it too!) Follow the child’s lead and pause to see if they will look at you for more.

November/December Newsletter

Stay Home Sick Policy

Keep you student home if they have any of the following symptoms:

·       Cold, sore throat or persistent cough with a fever or a fever in the last 24 hours

·       Diarrhea in the last 24 hours

·       Fever and a Rash

·       Step Throat and on medications less then 24 hours

·       Vomiting in the last 24 hours

·       Any type of Fever in the last 24 hours

·       Pink eye and not on medication for more then 24 hours

·       Drowsiness or fatigue so that your child is ‘unable to actively participate in routine school activities.’

If your child is sent home from school for any of the above reasons, please keep them home for 24 hours.

Thank you for your willingness to keep us all as healthy as possible!

For more information:

Information on Autism via Seminars from Yale

Description

The Yale Seminar on Autism and Related Disorders is the United States' first undergraduate course of its kind. The goal of this series is to make all of the lecture content and supporting materials available online for free for anyone who desires to learn about Autsim Spectrum Disorders. For Yale undergraduates, the class consists of a weekly seminar on diagnosis and assessment, etiology and treatment of children, adolescents and adults with autism and related disorders of socialization. This collection contains the full video of the course.

Click on the following links to access more information and the lectures:

http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/yale-autism-seminar-video/id392283098