Presentation:

Poster Session: Debra Arnold, M.Ed., CCC-SLP
This session will describe the steps the Greenfield Elementary School community, located in Virginia, took to embrace the Superflex program and expand it into a social town experience. Greenfield is a school that has a three-tiered autism program, a gifted education program for grades 3-5 and a small regular education population.

Autism students are integrated into a collaborative setting. The Superflex program was initiated with a small pull out social skills class but it has expanded to use during morning meetings in regular education classes. It has provided a shared language between special education and regular education students.  A Claymation project designed by a social skills autism class will be presented. The creative process will be described.  The purpose was student’s application of  Superflex strategies to defeat any Unthinkable that invaded the student’s brain while engaged in a team project.  School wide classroom project ideas from gifted classes and regular education classes will be given. Video demonstrations of projects and teacher and parent interviews will be provided.

Learning Objectives

1. How to use the Superflex program as a community wide project from special education to gifted students
2. How the Claymation movie integrates art, language arts, math curriculum goals
3. How project-based learning incorporates Superflex strategies in teams

To view a movie of the Superflex Claymation project, please go to http://chesterfield.k12.va.us/Schools/Greenfield_ES/home.html

Presenter

Debra Arnold, M.Ed., CCC/SLP, led this Superflex Claymation community project through her work with Greenfield Elementary School Chesterfield County Public Schools, VA.