SKILLS School Readiness CPD & Parent Course
Effective Methods to Teach School Readiness Skills to SEN Learners
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Developing school readiness skills is among the most common goals for parents and educators of children with autism and related conditions. The course that comes with the school year curriculum can help prepare children to transition into a traditional classroom experience by increasing or improving desired behaviours that are needed to be ready for school.
How to Teach School Readiness Skills to Learners with SEN online course is aimed at teaching foundational maths, reading, writing and class participation in the correct sequence and with the use of evidence-based practices.
View School Readiness Curriculum to see what selected IEP goals and skills we will be working on during this online CPD teacher and parent course 

Title: Using selected best evidence-based practices to teach School Readiness Skills to SEN Learners 
Complex solutions to apply in every day life and work with ASD Learners to teach School Readiness Skills to children and teens
If:

• you want to find out how a SEN teacher, a mainstream teacher, a special needs assistant, a therapist or a parent can effectively support a SEN learner in acquiring foundational and more advanced skills to help them get ready for pre-school or primary, post-primary or special school
• you want to implement the most effective selected techniques that are both attractive and motivating for your SEN learner to encourage them to collaborate with you, while learning not only school readiness skills, but also the important skills in other inter-related areas, such as: motor skills, receptive and expressive language, social emotional skills and play and leisure skills
• you consider it important to diversify the long-term therapeutic and educational processes and use comprehensive methods to target multiple areas with your child or pupils/clients
• you want to get confidence in how to effectively and correctly modify the activities, techniques and goals by gradual implementation of various elements of evidence-based practices in your work or life with a SEN learner
• you always do your best to adjust the activities and a level of difficulty, based on your learner's unique learning profiles and their individualised needs

If one or more of those statements applies to you, take part in this meaningful and practical certified online training, during which you will learn how to smoothly implement best solutions that are easy to implement in the classroom, in the clinic and at home.

This online training on How To Teach School Readiness Skills Effectively is divided into 2 forty-minute blocks to allow for the most effective use of the training time while having your questions answered by a an expert SEN teacher who is a therapist, an education & behaviour consultant and a mother of an ASD child. This training is for you if you want to get important knowledge on how to shape your practical teaching skills. Additional questions you may have can be addressed via email, a live chat during the course or during your 1-1 online consultations.
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You will find out about:

• Prerequisites to start a school year for children with additional learning needs and how those improved or mastered school readiness skills tremendously impact your child's or learner's future success at school
• What to pay attention to during preparing your child or learner for school during home and classroom activities
• What are the most common challenges that will not fix themselves without the targeted intervention with using the right strategies
• What activities to prepare and implement that will bring your SEN learner to the next level
• How to skilfully select therapeutic and teaching methods and what are they that will best help in work on school readiness skills
• How to expand the learner's skills onto a few other related areas while still focusing on school readiness skills
• How to skilfully apply teaching techniques and select activities to allow for the generalisation of skills
• How to select IEP goals and measure progress
• How to troubleshoot and effectively search workable solutions during your activities with your learner

Detailed course programme:

• challenging behaviours and its functions
• motivational strategies in the classroom and in 1-1 work
• individualised motivational contracts with pupils
• significance of ongoing attention and approval provided to a pupil throughout the day 
• the significance of proactive activities.

A practical part of each SKILLS course will relate to creating behavioural contracts, motivational systems and proactive activities that are important to effectively teach specific SKILLS in your selected course/s. 
We will find out how to easier teach specific skills if we have the right system in place in our classroom or at home.

Part 1

• The impact of a neurodevelopmental delay on the development of sensory motor functions, cognition, social emotional learning, language and social communication - why the early childhood stimulation of those areas is crucial in setting up any ASD learner for the best possible success in the school years and in adulthood
• Common deficits in ASD and related neurodevelopmental disorders and how to effectively target those deficits
• Warning signs in the dysfunction of neurological processes that lead to insufficient school readiness that impacts all other areas of development
• How to skilfully select some of the evidence-based practices to address school readiness skills and match them to your learner's unique profile.

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Part 2

• Stimulation of school readiness skills development based on implementing selected core and main activities and matching IEP goals and procedures to address the development of those skills
• Examples of IEP goals and selection of best educational and therapeutic strategies to stimulate school readiness in a hierarchical sequence
• Useful activities and suggested materials as supportive components of any quality school readiness lesson / session at home, in school or in the clinic
• Troubleshooting and examples of how to best resolve problems that may arise during a session / lesson
• Collaboration between family home and school / clinic - how to better carry out joint intervention activities to enhance generalisation of skills in a naturalistic setting and in the community
• Selected ready lesson plans from the list below to teach the following skills:

Area: Foundational Math
4 Completing a Pattern
5 Identifying Numbers
6 Naming Numbers
7 Sequencing Numbers
8 Counting Objects
9 Counting Objects-Incidental Teaching
10 Counting Items in Pictures
11 Matching Numbers to Quantity
12 Identifying Quantity
13 Counting to a Designated Number
14 Counting Objects from a Set
15 Writing Numbers Based on Quantity
16 Identifying More Than or Less Than
17 Counting by Twos
18 Counting by Fives
19 Solving Single-Digit Addition Problems with Objects
20 Solving Addition Problems on Flashcards
21 Matching Coins
22 Identifying Coins
23 Identifying Coin Value
24 Identifying Coin Value-Incidental Teaching
25 Identifying Bills
26 Labeling Coins
27 Labeling Value of Coins
28 Labeling Bills
29 Solving Single-Digit Subtraction Problems with Objects
30 Telling Time on a Digital Clock
31 Telling Time on an Analog Clock
32 Measuring with a Ruler
33 Labeling the Value of Coin Combinations
34 Labeling Value of Bill Combinations
35 Labeling Value of Coin and Bill Combinations
36 Writing Amounts for Coins and Bills
37 Matching Written Time to a Clock
38 Solving Math Word Problems
Area: Reading/Writing
39 Sequencing Letters
40 Identifying Words
41 Identifying Words - Incidental Teaching
42 Identifying Own Name
43 Reading Words
44 Reading Words - Incidental Teaching
45 Spelling Name
46 Identifying Letters when Given Corresponding Sound
47 Making Sounds Corresponding to Letters
48 Labeling Letters when Given Their Corresponding Sounds
49 Identifying Rhyming Words
50 Writing a Telephone Number
51 Writing Date in Numbers
52 Reading Sentences
53 Sounding Out Words Phonetically
54 Matching Sentences to Pictures
55 Spelling Contractions
56 Spelling Words
57 Spelling Words - Incidental Teaching
58 Alphabetizing
59 Writing Simple Words from Memory
6 0Writing Words Corresponding to Pictures
61 Writing Words Corresponding to Objects - Incidental Teaching
62 Writing Sentences Using a Target Word
63 Writing Sentences about a Picture
64 Putting Words in Order to Form a Sentence
65 Completing Sentences
66 Answering Reading Comprehension Questions
67 Using Vocabulary Words in a Sentence
68 Answering Inference Questions about a Story
69 Reading with Correct Intonation
Area: Class Participation
70 Using a Token System
71 Following Group Instructions
72 Participating in Show & Tell
73 Singing with a Group
74 Following Written Instructions
75 Following Conditional Instructions
76 Using a Timer During Activities
77 Completing Tasks within a Time Period
78 Calling for an Adult from a Distance
79 Raising Hand to Answer Questions
80 School: Completing Seatwork Independently
81 Answering Questions During a Lesson