easy adapted books using boardmaker

Need a SUPER EASY way to adapt books QUICKLY?  Use Boardmaker to “Symbolate,”

the text.

  

There are many ways to adapt books using Boardmaker.  This way is super fast and easy.  Check out this video on how to do it using the text symbolate option as well as copying and pasting images from the book directly from the Web!

ESY summer 2021!

Now back to our regularly scheduled program...

Summer 2021! Time for Extended School Year with my Community Based Transition Adult Program.  Here in California, we are just now, “opening.” We have been one of the most restricted States in the U.S. during the Covid Pandemic.  Now we are finally getting back to our in-person program (THANK GOODNESS!!!). 

Many of our student jobs were lost during the shutdown. Volunteering stopped and is still extremely limited.  So this summer, I decided to focus on Recreation and Leisure and Daily Living Skills!

The days are a little harder to fill without our jobs, but we will persevere and get back working as soon as we can.  Here are some TIPS on how to stay cool while you are out an about with your class this summer:

Need help getting organized for ESY?  I have 2 FREE ESY ORGANIZERS AND LESSON PLANNERS FOR YOU!

Tropical ESY Organizer:

Ice Cream Treats ESY Planner:

Here's to an awesome summer! :)

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It’s IEP time and you need to do an updated, “age-appropriate Transition assessment.” Ugh. Not that I mind transition assessments, I love all things Transition! 

My district has transition assessments both formal and informal (Transition Planning Inventory - including the modified questionnaire for students with moderate to severe disabilities and Informal Assessments for Transition Planning). Both are great, but neither one of those options really met the needs of my students with more severe disabilities. 

This Visual Student Interest Inventory is designed for students with moderate to severe disabilities, non-readers, and students who need picture text/picture symbols (Boardmaker, News 2 You, Proloquo2Go, etc.) to learn or communicate. This is an informal assessment to help you determine a student's strengths, preferences, and interests as part of Transition Planning and developing the Individual Transition Plan (ITP) part of the IEP.