Special Programs
HYDROTHERAPY
A feature of the school is its excellent hydrotherapy (swimming) program which is designed to improve the student's overall competency levels including motor development, spatial orientation, physical strength, psychological well-being and social participation. It is also the most eagerly anticipated session for all the students who will do ANYTHING to be able to go swimming. It's a great reward for behaviour modification programs.
MUSIC
A Music Specialist supports the school community for .3 FTE. The key outcomes of the program are:
Physical Education – LOTE (Spanish)
Students access a comprehensive program in physical education skills from a specialist teacher. The teaching of Spanish is an integral part of the phys ed. program. It gives each participant the opportunity to encounter a Language Other Than English. (LOTE) The Physical Education Program aims to:
At Carson Street, we'd like to think that we take early intervention as the opportunity to provide preparation for school, be that an integrated, semi-integrated or segregated situation. The early essential skills of toilet training, sharing, small group interaction, play skills, fine motor activities, communication plus swimming and physical education form the basis for an all round education. Staff use Auslan signing, key word signing using Auslan signs (also Makaton if required)), and are familiar with a variety of augmentive communication devices, should they be necessary accessories for the non-verbal student.
A feature of the school is its excellent hydrotherapy (swimming) program which is designed to improve the student's overall competency levels including motor development, spatial orientation, physical strength, psychological well-being and social participation. It is also the most eagerly anticipated session for all the students who will do ANYTHING to be able to go swimming. It's a great reward for behaviour modification programs.
MUSIC
A Music Specialist supports the school community for .3 FTE. The key outcomes of the program are:
- To teach music focus skills that will achieve outcomes compatible with the Australian National Curriculum in Music, in the prescribed areas of
- CAI – Communicating Arts Ideas
- STI – Skills, Technologies and Processes
- RRE – Responding Reflecting and Evaluating.
- AIS – Arts in Society
- To support classroom programs with music based activities.
- To support behavioural programs with music based activities.
- To integrate Belmay satellite class students with other Belmay students.
- To provide communication opportunities
- To develop physical co-ordination
Physical Education – LOTE (Spanish)
Students access a comprehensive program in physical education skills from a specialist teacher. The teaching of Spanish is an integral part of the phys ed. program. It gives each participant the opportunity to encounter a Language Other Than English. (LOTE) The Physical Education Program aims to:
- To provide students with a structured setting where they can develop their physical skills, both supported and targeted at their individual level.
- To improve students physical fitness, flexibility and range of motion.
- To provide students with recreation possibilities.
- To interact with other students, recreation and community groups.
- To work closely with classroom programs to ensure ‘whole school’ approach to work hand in hand with Therapy Focus and other stakeholders.
- To work towards improving students gross motor and fine motor abilities.
- To develop in the students an awareness of the actions they can take, with help from others, to improve their health, safety and independence.
- To provide students with a fun language rich environment.
- To use LOTE as a vehicle for developing attending behaviour, using contextual cues and body language and to provide increased opportunities for interactions between students and staff.
- To promote the ability of students as ‘Active learners’ (i.e can learn new things).
- To develop within students an understanding of other cultures.
At Carson Street, we'd like to think that we take early intervention as the opportunity to provide preparation for school, be that an integrated, semi-integrated or segregated situation. The early essential skills of toilet training, sharing, small group interaction, play skills, fine motor activities, communication plus swimming and physical education form the basis for an all round education. Staff use Auslan signing, key word signing using Auslan signs (also Makaton if required)), and are familiar with a variety of augmentive communication devices, should they be necessary accessories for the non-verbal student.