SAILS ProgramBloomington Public SchoolsSetting 3 Autism Programs

The SAILS Program provides Setting 3 services to students identified with Educational Autism. The SAILS classrooms are multi-aged groupings of students that are in need of a smaller environment to learn both academics and social emotional skills. A team of staff provide services to meet the individual needs of students. Each student’s IEP team determines the focus and amount of time a student spends in a general education class. Progress monitoring is used to drive instruction and is based on reliable and consistent data-collection.

Curriculum focuses on the acquisition, maintenance and generalization of academic and social emotional learning standards within ongoing and natural routines in all areas of the school environment. A variety of instructional formats, such as direct instruction, small group instruction, student-initiated interactions, teacher-directed interactions, play, and peer-mediated instruction, are utilized.

Curriculum emphasizes:• Communication and language

(i.e. functional communication, pragmatics, conversation, perspective taking)

• Social relationships including the development of social interaction skills with adults and peers for a range of occasions and environments

• Self-regulation and self-monitoring

• Academic skills to meet the district standards

• Self-determination skills • Independent life skills• Motor skills

Supports are provided to facilitate the student’s ability to:

• Predict events and activities• Anticipate change• Understand expectations• Transition to different events,

activities, and environments in a calm and safe manner

The SAILS Program provides positive behavioral supports that:

• Define expectations for appropriate behavior in all instructional settings

• Use proactive approaches to managing behavior

• Has established strategies for crisis intervention