CARD ll

CARD ll
Lesson Areas and Sample Targeted Skills for Individuals 9 - 21

Building from the successes of the CARD I program for children up to age eight, we developed the CARD II program which is tailored to the special needs of individuals ages eight to 21. The broad scope of the curriculum allows us to assist students with a wide range of skills and deficits.

The CARD II program is flexible and can be tailored to individuals with different needs. Specifically, the program can assist students whose families require support managing problem behaviors, as well as teaching basic communication skills and adaptive skills (i.e.: toileting, dressing and making meals). It can also assist students who are mildly affected and may need assistance only to acquire more complex social skills and apply them with their peers in their natural environments.

While each student will come to us with unique needs, we have developed a set of long-term goals that are important for all students to work toward achieving. The CARD II goal is to teach independence skills, appropriate social activities and relationship building, as well as many others.

Students in the CARD II population typically have less time for intervention, making it increasingly important that we deliver a targeted curriculum with carefully prioritized skill targets. The CARD II curriculum is based upon a specific skill hierarchy which ensures each student fluently possesses the personally relevant skills within each curricular domain before moving to the next domain in the hierarchy. Each of the skill domains are comprised of skill targets that will assist the student in achieving his or her long term goals. The chart below gives more details about the CARD II program goals and targeted skills taught.