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Parent Roles & Responsibilities  Parents are an integral component of their child’s success while in Nativity School’s Resource Specialist Program. The BEST (Building Educational Strategies Together) parent support group will host various events and will work in coordination with PEN (Parents Education Network) to inform you about pertinent educational information, innovations & research, strategies, and upcoming events. Parents are: 1. expected to attend mandatory meetings and conferences. 2. required to keep a record of their child’s psycho-educational testing and evaluations. (Documentation must be kept current – every 3 years). 3. Encouraged to maintain regular contact with their child’s teachers. 4. Keep Nativity School and the Resource Specialist informed of any situations which may impact their child’s school performance Most of all, PARENTS are encouraged to: Provide a quiet place and set time for study and daily homework. Attend school events, conferences, rallies, and class parties. Review their daily school projects and activities. Endorse and support our Catholic Christian values and school discipline code. Note your child’s progress and display their work at home. Take time to work with your child every day. Send your child to school on time, well rested, and prepared. Curriculum & Assessments  Students participating in the RSP Program will be provided the same core curriculum materials as their classmates. However the RS will incorporate various interventions and strategies to help students meet their individual learning goals. Students who are pulled-out of the classroom for resource will not be required to do “make up” assignments. In addition, the RSP program will utilize multisensory teaching techniques and research-based strategies and curriculum to enhance the core lessons. The RS may administer strategic educational assessments to gather information about each child’s specific learning style. Students may be referred for further testing. Some curriculum implements & assessments the RSP program may offer include: Language Arts • Bilingual Verbal Abilities Test (BVAT Munoz) • California Reading & Literature Project (CRLP) K-6 Reading Results • CORE Phonics and Reading Surveys • Early Reading Intervention Model (ERIM) based on Pinell-Fountess • Gray Oral Reading Test • Learning Strategies Curriculum – Fundamentals in Sentence Writing • Hooked on Phonics • Illinois Snapshots of Early Literacy (ISEL) • Orton Gillingham Based Approach (ie. Barton, Wilson Reading) • Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test • Phonological Awareness Tests (KPAT) by L. Peddy • Seeing Stars by Nanci Bell • Slingerland Multisensory Approach for SLD, Levels 1-3 by Beth Slingerland • Step Up to Writing • Test of Language Development • Wordly Wise / SpellWrite Mathematics • Mad Minute Math • Math Probes • Touch Math • Manipulatives and games to reinforce concepts General Subjects • Woodcock Johnson III Achievement, Full Battery Text books that provide English Language support components • Discovery Works Science • Houghton Miflin Reading • Houghton Miflin Social Studies • Progress in Mathematics Organizations Addressing Learning Issues  PEN – Parents Education Network 150 El Camino Del Mar San Francisco, CA 94121 415-751-2237 fax 415-751-7315 PEN History The Parents Education Network was started in 2001 by the parents of LD children working together with the administration of Charles Armstrong School. The basic premise of the network is that parents and educators must work collaboratively to help LD children understand their strengths and how they learn best. PEN Premises The child suffers if the parent-school relationship is adversarial instead of collaborative. Understanding LD is the key to a good partnership between the parents and school. Parents can’t teach educators, they can only teach other parents. Educators must teach educators. Please consider joining PEN if you do not already belong. Workshops on various issues are offered year-round through PEN. Nativity School has a PEN school membership, but families can join individually. PEN offers a sliding scale membership. Mrs. Laura Claude is our PEN liason. Please contact her with any questions regarding PEN. OTHER LOCAL RESOURCES All Kinds of Minds Provides programs, tools and common languages for parents, educators, and clinicians to help students with LD achieve success in the classroom and in life. www.allkindsofminds.org CHADD First 5 San Mateo County http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/smc/department/home/0,,4313274_4522401,00.html Lindamood Bell Language Processing Centers Offers critically acclaimed instructional programs to teach children and adults to read, spell, comprehend and express language. Instructional models are effective for all ages and have been found successful for those with a previous diagnosis of dyslexia, hyperlexia, ADHD, CAPD, and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Myers Educational Services Multi-sensory tutoring & instruction for students with learning differences. The Reading Clinic Offers affordable, high quality multi-sensory programs in reading, spelling, writing composition and math. 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