MORA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

Mora New Mexico

Population 4704

MORA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

• We are a small school district that services students Kinder trough 12th grade

• Our school has 438 students enrolled

• Of that 63 are in the Special Education Program

• And of that 4 are on the Autism Spectrum

MORA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

•Received grant in November 2015 and began working with Dr. Karen Haughness in December 2015.

•Our main focus was on secondary education.

• Functional life skills class

FOUNDATIONS

“Do you wish to rise Begin by descending You plan a tower that will pierce the

clouds Lay first the foundation of humility.”

Saint Augustine

FUNCTIONAL LIFE SKILLS CLASS

Improvements

F U N C T I O N A L L I F E S K I L L S C L A S S

FUNCTIONAL LIFE SKILLS CLASS

• Needed to restructure classroom.

• Had difficulty with this because we are a very

small district.

• Changes were gradual and needed parental

involvement.

FUNCTIONAL LIFE SKILLS CLASS

• Starting Point…

• Make our one classroom into two• One for academics

• One for daily living skills

F U N C T I O N A L L I F E S K I L L S

C L A S S B E F O R E

FUNCTIONAL LIFE SKILLS CLASS

• First things first

• Organization of the classroom• What did we want and how were we going to achieve it

ORGANIZED CHAOS

•Progress…

Slaving Away

School Bone

Yard

Turning shelves into Room

dividers

Cost $ 0

FUNCTIONAL LIFE SKILLS CLASS

• First routines

FUNCTIONAL LIFE SKILLS CLASS

FUNCTIONAL LIFE SKILLS CLASS

Easy

FUNCTIONAL LIFE SKILLS CLASS

• Effective – Video Modeling

FUNCTIONAL LIFE SKILLS CLASS

• Training…

Collins Lake Ranch

Located in Cleveland NM

They are a DD waiver provider in New

Mexico

COMMUNITY

•Community Participation

•Distribution of material about Autism and the Autism Grant

•We have open doors for community input.

FUNCTIONAL LIFE SKILLS CLASS

• Looking to the future…

•Continue improving Life Skills Class

•Gardening and farmers market

• Independence for the students