Curriculum | sparc17

CURRICULUM AREAS
Vocational Training/ Career Development

Our primary goal is to prepare students for successful and meaningful employment. Teachers and students work together to determine students’ occupational interests and abilities with the aim of increasing vocational skills and
preparing students to be employed, contributing members of the community.
Social Skills and Personal Management
Students participate in ongoing development of social skills for maintaining successful relationships by participating in discussions, role-playing, and practice in real life situations.
Recreation and Leisure
Students participate in activities on campus or in the community. Instruction builds student awareness of what opportunities are available and how they can take part.
Functional Daily Living
Students build independent living skills. Activities include money skills, budgeting, scheduling, cooking, banking, telephone skills, functional reading, computer skills, bus training, safety issues and community awareness.
Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning
Students plan, budget, and shop at area grocery stores and prepare meals.

Eating in a Public Setting
Students routinely eat at school together in our off campus space and in the community where they learn how to read a menu, order food, identify correct amounts of money to pay the bill, use appropriate table manners and stay
within a budget.
Self-Advocacy
Students learn to advocate for themselves and others with disabilities locally, statewide, and nationally. Students learn to speak for themselves, ask questions, ask for help, resist peer pressure, and facilitate their own IEPs.
Self-Determination
Students take responsibility for themselves, take an active role in planning their future, make choices and decisions and incorporate what they are learning into their adult lives.