Student Support Riverton Street Charter School Student Support

Student Support Riverton Street Charter School

Student Support Team Special Education Coordinator 3 Special Education Teacher Support Services (SETSS) Instructional Reading Specialist Social Worker Guidance Counselor Speech Pathologist Occupational Therapist Physical Therapist One-to-One Paraprofessionals

Jill Steinhauer Special Education Coordinator Liaison between Committee on Special Education and the Riverton community CSE 3 Annual Review Triennial Review Re-evaluation Advocate for all students Communication!! Contact Information Sheet

Jill Steinhauer Amanda Brown Jaime Bermudez Special Education Teachers Academic support for all students mandated to receive Special Education Teacher Support Services (SETSS) ELA & Math Pull Out & Push In Create and progress monitor IEP goals Communicate regularly with general education teachers Provide test accommodations NWEA- all students with IEPs NYS exams Resources- Rivertonsupport. weebly. com

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Jillian Snediker Instructional Reading Specialist 1 -2 Implementing Wilson Fundations What is Wilson Fundations? Teacher incorporates a 30 -minute Fundations lesson 2 times per week for scholars who are struggling with letter sounds and recognition. Fundations lessons focus on carefully sequenced skills that include print knowledge, alphabet awareness, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and spelling. Critical thinking, speaking and listening skills are practiced during Story-time activities.

Jillian Snediker Instructional Reading Specialist 3 -6 Implementing our Read 180 Program for our scholars who would benefit from a reading intervention service. What is Read 180? Researched based reading intervention program, which is uniquely positioned to address the needs of struggling readers. Targeted skills include: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, academic vocabulary, spelling, writing, global perspectives, and college and career readiness skills. Who is selected for this program? Scholars who are recommended through our Intervention Service Team will be receiving this program. Based on teacher feedback, parents’ concerns, NWEA assessments, NYS Exams, Lexile Levels, and Benchmark Assessments.

Graziella Brunetti Social Worker WHAT WE DO Counsel students, individually and in groups, regarding academic readiness and social and emotional development Provide crisis interventions and mediations between students Communicate with teachers and administrators regarding effective behavior management practices within the classroom Maintain regular and open communication with parents Follow state guidelines for ensuring the safety of our scholars WHAT WE DON’T DO Provide intense psychotherapy. If we believe a scholar would benefit from therapy, we will refer him/her to an outside agency Prescribe medication Discipline scholars Provide diagnoses

Sophia Cappuccio Speech-Language Therapist SLPs work with school children who have communication problems that affect success in: Classroom activities, social interaction, literacy, learning. These communication problems may include: Language Slow development of vocabulary, concepts or grammar. Inability to use different communication styles for different situations. Poor building blocks of understanding/expressing ideas, social development, learning, reading, and writing. Voice Fluency or stuttering Articulation SLPs combine communication goals with academic and social goals Integrate classroom objectives, support reading and writing, increase students’ understanding of texts and lessons.

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SETSS Caseloads Please see the teacher below to pick up your scholar’s SETSS goals K-2 nd: Mrs. Bermudez 3 rd-6 th: Ms. Brown Please see Ms. Brunetti to pick up your scholar’s Behavioral goals