Students at Gotha Middle read the News-2-You paper.
The Curriculum for Students with a Significant Cognitive Disability is the Florida Standards Access Points for ELA and Math and the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards Access Points (NGSSS) for Science and Social Studies
K-12 ELA and Mathematics Access Points can either be found on the FLDOE CPALMS website or on the Access Weebly.
Click on the links below to view documents that will help walk you through the process of locating Access Courses and resources on the Access Weebly and CPALMS and to see a schema of the Access Resources that are available to teachers:
Guide to Resources on the Access Weebly and CPALMS
Access Resource Schema
What about Life Work, Independent Functioning, Social/Emotional Behavior and Communication?
Even though the ELA, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies Access Points have replaced the Sunshine State Standards for Special Diploma in the area of Functional Academics and Problem Solving, teachers should still be teaching the domains of: Life Work, Independent Functioning, Social/Emotional Behavior and Communication until access points are written for these areas.
Disability History and Awareness
"Reaffirmation of the local, state and federal commitment to the full inclusion in society of, and the equal opportunity for, all individuals with disabilities."
Section 1003.425(1)(3)(c), Florida Statutes
Disability History and Awareness Resource Guide
Cognitive Disabilities Home Page