Is a student-focused, collaborative action plan that addresses barriers within the learning environment, communicates student goals and growth, while also providing a guide for transition planning at the end of the year. Can also be known as an Individual Education Plan (IEP), Special Education Plan (SEP), Student Support Plan (SSP), Individual Support Plan (ISP), depending on the location or district. This plan identifies goals for students with disabilities (intellectual, physical, medical, learning, hearing, visual, communication, behavioral or emotional) and disorders, which may include General Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Depression, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Conduct Disorder (CD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FASD), Tourette’s, fine and gross motor delays.
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School
Audra Holst-VanNoord (Lowell Area School District, USA), Jessica Lewin (River Valley School District, USA), and Courtney Rosborough (Edmonton Catholic School District, Canada)
Copyright: © 2023
|Pages: 41
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5097-0.ch005
Abstract
Child life specialists in schools help students, school staff, and families function more cohesively, advocating for the needs of each individual while continuing to prioritize child development. This chapter will outline the student and staff needs that child life specialists are uniquely suited to meet while also giving an overview of interventions, supports, roles, and coping strategies that can be led by a child life specialist within the school setting. Throughout this chapter, one will see how easily a child life specialist can integrate into existing systems or propose a new position within the school environment.