Communication
Plan
Team Work
Resource teachers work
in collaboration with
classroom teachers,
parents, administration,
specialists and
consultants. Our team
can include our School
Guidance Counselor,
Psychologist, Speech
Language Pathologist,
Occupational Therapist,
Physiotherapist,
Assistive Technology
Specialists, Learning
Disability Facilitator,
Health Care Needs
Liaison and Schools
Plus Outreach Workers.
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Teresa Webb
Learning Centre
Resource Teacher
2015-2016
Communication
Communication between
home and school is vital to a
child’s education. Through-
out the school year, I will be
contacting you regarding
your child’s progress.
Contact may be made
through phone calls, notes,
and/or meetings. Meetings
may be informal or more
formal Program Planning
Meetings with a team of
teachers, administrators and Dr. John C.
specialists, as needed.
Wickwire Academy
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Email
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tewebb@gnspes.ca Telephone: 354-7660
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Teaching Experience and Programming
My role as a Resource Teacher in a Learning
Centre is to assist your child with programming
based on assessed needs – by supporting
teachers, students and parents through a
collaborative process. This cooperative
approach is also designed to meet the individual
learner’s needs while keeping outcome-based
learning as the focus. Students may receive
extra support one to one or in a small group
setting with peers with similar learning profiles. I
have 23 years of teaching experience—15 years
as a classroom teacher and the last eight years
as a Resource Teacher in a Learning Centre. I
am excited to currently be working on my
Masters of Education (Technology Integration) at
Mount Saint Vincent University and look forward
to sharing new ideas with your child. My website
is webblearningcentre.weebly.com
I teach using programs which promote social
emotional learning, such as the Zones of
Regulation and Mind Up. The Zones is a specific
curriculum to teach children the skills to
consciously regulate their emotions and therefore
their actions. Learning to self regulate leads to
increased control and problem solving abilities.
Students improve in their ability to recognize and
communicate how they are feeling in a safe, non-
judgmental way. Specific strategies or tools are
also taught to help students to self regulate
(calming strategies, size of the problem, decision
making). Mind Up is a research based program to
teach strategies to focus attention, improve sellf-
regulation and develop a positive mind set to
both school and life. I also individualize additional
supports for students which may include social
stories, social behaviour maps (clearly stating
expected and unexpected behaviours) and
visual mapping. Social skills groups may focus on
reducing anxiety and confidence building,
positive peer interactions, perspective taking,
problem solving and cooperation.
Social Thinking Skills
“Social thinking is what we do
when we interact with people:
we think about them. And how
we think about people affects
how others respond to us, which
in turn affects our emotions. “
Social Thinking strategies teach
students:
How their own social minds work -
why they and others react and
respond the way they do;
How their behaviors affect the way
others perceive and respond to them;
And how this affects their own
emotions, responses to and
relationships with others across
different social contexts.
The objectives of these strategies
include the ability to:
Recognize that they and others have
different perceptions and abilities to
process social information;
Navigate their social thinking, social
interaction and social communication
toward more rewarding outcomes;
Learn to better adapt and respond to
the people and situations around them.
- Based on resources from Michelle
Garcia Winner
- Michelle Garcia Winner