This website has been created to strengthen the partnership between parents and schools. Use this information to educate yourself about strategies to use at home and start a conversation with your child's school team.
PARENT SUPPORT & EDUCATION PAGE
NORTHERN SUBURBAN SPECIAL EDUCATION DISTRICT
The Parent Support and Education Committee is dedicated to educating parents, caregivers, and family members to provide the best possible outcomes for all individuals.
Education for Everyone
Behavior
Changing and shaping behavior is a lifelong journey. Things will improve with practice and consistency. Steps may seem small, but progress is present. Remember that small successes lead to big gains. The key is to focus on one challenging behavior at a time.
Calming Strategies
Proactively put strategies in place that calm your child down to potentially avoid a behavior.
Motivation
Proper motivation needs to be in place for an adult or child to want to participate or succeed in an activity.
For more support or coaching contact your child's school team.
For more support or coaching contact your child's school team.
Schedules
Visuals
Social Stories
Visual Supports
Visuals provide information in a clear and understandable way. Visuals help support learning, reading skills, and calm behavior.
Skills, Engagement, & Independence
Deescalating Behavior
Strategies for deescalating behaviors may be different for each individual and specific situations.
Learning new skills is lifelong. All individuals learn at different rates and in different ways. While a person may not be able to complete an entire task, they may still learn parts of it. For example they may not be able to complete an entire toothbrushing sequence, but may learn to put the toothpaste on their brush and turn on the water. This is a space to learn about the best methods of instruction for your child.
Skill Development
Increasing Independence
Increasing Engagement
Community Connections
For more support or coaching contact your child's school team.
Hygiene
Hygiene is an important skills for students of all ages. Self care and hygiene skills are organized here by school years in which they are typically developmentally reached.
Hygiene- Primary School
Hygiene- Junior High and High School
Hygiene- Transition to Adulthood
For more support or coaching contact your child's school team.
Adaptive Equipment
Adapted equipment can make activities of daily living
much easier and more accessible for individuals with disabilities