Students with disabilities to create collaborative partnership after school programs, part 3 of 3

It is anticipated that more than 8 million children and young people not to participate in after-school program and they left unattended at home. Studies have shown that those students who are participating in extracurricular activities, at least risk throwing school, gang involvement, drug consumption and teenage pregnancy. After-all school programs work by students with disabilities because of the emphasis on inclusion. Some of them after-school programs provide structured settings that use behavior on the natural environment, computer equipment and specialized reading programs to address these students the academic, learning and behavioural problems. One system is not able to satisfy all the needs of students with disabilities and therefore intensify efforts directed towards partnership should be a priority. After-school programs with parents and s school is charged with advancing the need for joint efforts.

Tips for after-school programme

1. minimize the language barriers for parents and students, provision of interpreters and translation of essential documents.

2. strengthening information school: dates of State tests, the first days of release, holidays and other important school date E.g. encourage parents of children go to bed early the night before the State tests and have a good breakfast of protein to the test.

3. cooperate with s school to enhance educational learning. have a moment where students can work on homework and get answers to your questions.

4. Provide nearby school s with information about your once-school programs for their introductory packets that are sent to the parents in the first few weeks school.

5. explain the things that may not be able to understand for parents, especially acronyms, technical language or procedures that may be unfamiliar.

6. send the notification to the parties school s concerning the date of an open house for local
After-school program.

7. provide a brief, one-page newsletters for parents with information about various disabilities and available resources at the local level and on the Internet.

8. provide tips for parents on socialization and these Percentage discipline strategies used in once-school program.

9. cooperation with s school seminars nutritional education for parents.

10. children participating in your after-school programme; as soon as possible, to attend the meetings of the IEP with parents of the child advocate and provide additional information about a child.

11. encourage parents to involve children, especially adolescents, when you select them after-school program.