Spectrum Services Parent eNewsletter

Parent eNewsletter

Getting Ready to

Return to School

October 5^th is fast approaching and we are very excited to welcome your child back to school! We have missed their beautiful faces! Here are a few reminders to help us get off to a great start.

Call your Family Service Coordinator if you have any questions or concerns.

Complete all school related forms including the Emergency Medical Form which includes most recent contact information for you and at least three emergency contacts

Send in the following items:

Change of clothing with a sweater or sweatshirt to stay at schools

Diapers and wipes as necessary

Snacks and edible reinforcers for your child.

Send in a Face Mask. Remember, we do not require a student to wear a face mask, but send one in anyway, and our staff will work with your child on wearing it.

We will not be using homebooks this year. Please send emails to your child’s family service coordinator and your child’s teacher. We will be sure pertinent information is shared with the team.

Be sure to check your email several times per day.

Continue to participate in the remote instruction during the days your child does not attend in-person. This is required to meet the attendance requirements.

Call the school and email your family service coordinator and teacher in the event your child will be absent for either in-person or remote instruction sessions.

Need Answers Fast?

Here are some Quick-Links for you!

Parent Handbook Kingston

Parent Handbook Ellenville

Our Reopening Micro-Website

CFSS Parent COVID-19 Updates

Medical Forms, Menus, Calendars

Auditory Memory

From the desk of Maureen Jeffreys, Speech/Language Pathologist

There are many different kinds of memory. For example: auditory memory (remembering what you HEAR), visual memory (remembering what you SEE) and kinesthetic memory (remembering what you experience through other senses), short-term memory (recalling things for a few seconds), working memory (remembering something long enough to process and use it) and long-term memory. We all have our strengths and weaknesses in different kinds of memory.

You probably know someone who “never forgets a face” or “always remembers everyone’s name”, people who can do math in their heads, and people who can recall minutely events from years ago. These all involve some kind of memory. Today we are focusing on auditory working memory.

Why is auditory working memory important? Our children need auditory working memory to attend, to hear differences between sounds and words, to echo or imitate sounds and speech, to follow spoken directions and to recall the information they have heard and then use it functionally to...

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Check Out Our eNewsletter Back Issues!

Have you missed issues of our Spectrum Services eNewsletter? Fear not, you can see them all on our website.

Tips from our professionals, upcoming online trainings, links to useful videos, and more! Click Here!

Parents can report any technical issues that might be experienced during remote learning to their Family Service Coordinator or Family Technology Support person, David Juhren, at 336-2616 Ext. 165,email by Clicking Here.

Here are Important Health

Guidelines to Follow

Only send healthy children to school.

No fever for the past 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications.

No signs of illness, including vomiting, diarrhea, persistent cough, difficulty breathing, etc. for at least 72 hours.

No exposure to someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

No travel to states on the NYS Re stricted List.

No contact with anyone who has traveled to or from a state on the NYS Restricted List.

Students will be given a health check upon arrival.

Children with fever over 100.0 or signs of illness will be kept isolated from others and parents will be called for immediate pick up.

If you are unable to pick the child up during the day, you must have a back up plan or keep the child home.

Update the school with any changes in your child’s health status, medications, allergies, etc.

If your child has an on-going health issues that present with symptoms similar to COVID-19, please have your physician provide this in writing. This will be considered when making decisions for sending your child home

We are mailing this form home, but also making it available here online. Please print and return this Important questionnaire with your child on the first day of school.

Click Here to download/print the form.

Our Four Guiding Principles

1. The safety and well-being of students and staff are our primary concern.

2. Offer high-quality instruction to students, regardless of delivery model.

3. We will remain open to revising policies as needed.

4. Responsible citizenship is essential.

For our full Reopening Plan details, Click Here,

Wide Open

School Website

The website Wide Open School offers numerous educational, fun and emotional support activities-free for families.

You can sign in as a family, pick a grade (preschool-Grade 5 or Grades 6-12) and then pick from a variety of topics. One that is particularly helpful (preschool-Grade 5) is the Back to School Guide with Parent Tips and Tricks for Remote Learning.

There is also a Watch Now link with a CBS Nightly News clip: Kids Edition (August 11, 2020) that includes talk of how school might be different this year and what students need to know, with students asking questions and getting answers from educators and physicians across the country.

Parent Training Series Module 4: Interventions

In the 4th module of the series “Improving Challenging Behaviors and Creating a Positive Learning Environment at Home,” we'll focus on implementing effective interventions when faced with challenging behaviors.

Interventions can be "Proactive," or "Reactive." These training modules help you maximize the effectiveness of potential reinforcers to foster lasting, positive behavior change within both the home and school settings.

Click Here for this module!

Helping Loved Ones with ASD During

Challenging Times

Our Family Services Team has found a great online PDF resource in helping persons with ASD through challenging times.

Take a look by Clicking Here!

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