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Posted by megen on 9/19/2006, 12:36 pm, in reply to "Re: expressive language"
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I agree with the above post. I, too, work with high schoolers with severe disabilities. I've been so frustrated the last few years working on language with them. This year I am doing something totally different with the help of the classroom teachers. We are doing cooking lessons once a week. The classroom teachers here are the ones who decide with the help of the kids what they are going to make and then they prepare a shopping list. They do the shopping together as a community outing, also being aware of the money they are spending, etc. I come in on cooking day. The teacher is the actual one who teaches the cooking lesson, while I have prepared Boardmaker pictures ahead of time for the ingredients, the tools that they will use, and the actions (spreading, cutting, etc). I'm also getting ready to make laminated placemats with Boardmaker pictures that we will most likely use in every cooking lesson. The kids will have those in front of them all the time. I have one class of 15 kids I work with who all have autism. Only 2 are really verbal to any extent. I also will program one of the verbal output devices for the room with yes/no so they can answer questions, or something like celery and pretzel so they can make a choice when making "bugs on a log." It doesn't take a lot of time for me because the teacher is doing most of the work with the class. It is such a functional activity - so much better than last year! We have cooked grilled cheese, toast with toppings, bugs on a log, cinnamon rolls. Boardmaker also has a great book called "I can cook, too."
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