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SAILS ProgramBloomington Public SchoolsSetting 3 Autism Programs
The SAILS Program provides Setting 3 services to students identified with Educational Autism. The SAILS classrooms are multi-aged groupings of students that are in need of a smaller environment to learn both academics and social emotional skills. A team of staff provide services to meet the individual needs of students. Each student’s IEP team determines the focus and amount of time a student spends in a general education class. Progress monitoring is used to drive instruction and is based on reliable and consistent data-collection.
Curriculum focuses on the acquisition, maintenance and generalization of academic and social emotional learning standards within ongoing and natural routines in all areas of the school environment. A variety of instructional formats, such as direct instruction, small group instruction, student-initiated interactions, teacher-directed interactions, play, and peer-mediated instruction, are utilized.
Curriculum emphasizes:• Communication and language
(i.e. functional communication, pragmatics, conversation, perspective taking)
• Social relationships including the development of social interaction skills with adults and peers for a range of occasions and environments
• Self-regulation and self-monitoring
• Academic skills to meet the district standards
• Self-determination skills • Independent life skills• Motor skills
Supports are provided to facilitate the student’s ability to:
• Predict events and activities• Anticipate change• Understand expectations• Transition to different events,
activities, and environments in a calm and safe manner
The SAILS Program provides positive behavioral supports that:
• Define expectations for appropriate behavior in all instructional settings
• Use proactive approaches to managing behavior
• Has established strategies for crisis intervention