Precision Academics©
Adapted Education Programs
“Success for students with special learning needs.”
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Attention:
Whatever Your Students’ Learning Needs…
One Program Gives You Unlimited Access To Over 500 Workbooks
Precision Academics©
Adapted Education Programs
“Success for students with special learning needs.”
Contact us at:
Attention:
Whatever Your Students’ Learning Needs…
One Program Gives You Unlimited Access To Over 500 Workbooks
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Gifted and Talented |
Down Syndrome |
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English as a 2nd Language |
Autism or Asperger’s |
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Mild, Moderate or Severe Intellectual Disability |
Receptive and Expressive Language Disorders |
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ADHD |
Learning Difficulties |
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Dyslexia |
Leadership Skills |
With Precision Academics choosing and using the RIGHT Resources is
EASY and AFFORDABLE
Contains over 500 Workbooks
including 30 BRAND NEW LIFE SKILLS Cross Curricula Workbooks for older students with severe learning needs
and over a dozen BRAND NEW Christian Studies Workbooks
and also BRAND NEW over 150 "Scaffolded Assignments" for older students working towards Learning Outcomes (Life Skills) - Excellent for High School Students with Mild to Moderate Disability
Brand New! Precision Academics 5th Edition contains over 500 Workbooks.
Suitable for all age levels, abilities and special learning needs.
Allows you to print resources or have students work directly on the computer.
Allows unlimited use for any student and teacher at your school.
Our single CD ROM includes over 500 adapted education workbooks and special programs (7,000 pages of resources) to support families and schools who have students with special learning needs from 3 years to 19 years of age.
· Research Based, developed by highly experienced professionals to support educators and families in the provision of Best Educational Practice Resources for Curriculum Differentiation to support Inclusive Education
· Provides a fantastic Resource Base for HOMESCHOOL Families – as the wide range of resources can be tailored to suit students of all ages and ability levels
· Contains resources which are suitable for both secular and Christian faith based curricula, allowing schools and families to select and use the resources which best suit their needs.
· Provides outstanding curriculum-based, resource support of special learning needs (eg. Down Syndrome, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Gifted and Talented, AD/HD, Receptive/Expressive Language Disorder, English as a Second Language, Dyslexia and much more
· Contains extensive resources for young Gifted and Talented students
· The Precision Academics Resource Bank includes all 500 Workbooks, Assignments and Resources for:
a) Pre-School to School Transition
b) Primary (or Elementary) School
c) High (or Secondary) School - Adjusted resources for Mainstream Outcomes
d) High (or Secondary) School - Cross Curriculum Workbooks and Scaffolded Assignments or students working towards Life Skills Outcomes.
· Provides parents, teachers and educational assistants with easy to use Pre-Post Testing of Functional Literacy and Numeracy to help you quickly and easily find the correct starting place and monitor each student’s progress over time.
· Includes over 500 workbooks and special programs (over 7,000 pages of activities) - highly visual, stimulating, success-based workbooks covering curriculum outcomes associated with Pre-School through to High School curriculum (mainstream and life skills)
· Every Workbook is outcomes-based, supporting both Curriculum Content and Key Learning Skills, including Assessment and Work Sample pages. All resources are linked directly to Curriculum Outcomes – Mainstream and/or Life Skills
· Suitable for spoken and signed communication
· Fits seamlessly into Individual Education Plans
Every child’s learning needs are special.
We Can Help!
Precision Academics provides an extensive Resource Bank to help schools and families bridge the gap between:
Curriculum Documents, Individual Education Program Plans, Professional Reports and Therapy Recommendations ….and…. Classroom Teachers, Teacher’s Assistants and Parents who strive to implement best practice educational programs on a daily basis.
In many cases, much needed support and resources (such as time, money, personnel and expertise) are stretched very thin, causing unnecessary stress, isolation and difficult implementing educational programs tailored to meet individual student needs. Precision Academics understands how important it is to support educators and families in the provision of appropriate curriculum resources, relevant to each student’s academic functioning level as well as their chronological age.
Our resources are research based, dedicated to inclusive practice, designed developed and implemented by our Educational Psychologist and Special Education Consultant Val Gray, who has almost 30 years of experience working with children with special learning needs.
Our resources apply equally well in mainstream inclusive environments, special education classes and homeschool settings.
All resources are fully compatible with spoken and signed communication.
Four Functioning Levels
All the resources within the Precision Academics Resource Bank are arranged into 4 functional levels, ensuring that children of all ability levels, and all ages, have access to the widest possible range of fully adapted resources. The program uses bright, colourful, age-neutral images, suitable for students who are highly visual learners with limited ability to grasp abstract concepts. Tasks are short, and highly reinforcing, building self-esteem and keeping every student interested and motivated.
Regardless of how long the student requires each level of support, Precision Academics provides almost endless variety allowing educators and families to concentrate on their vital role of teaching the child, rather than on finding or creating appropriate resources.
Our Vision
At Precision Academics, we are continually working towards our vision of providing the finest possible resource support for any school or family educating children who have special learning needs. We welcome the opportunity to work in partnership in any way possible with your family, School,
Val Gray AssocMAPS; Educational Psychologist; Special Education Consultant Reg. PS0066231
How can Precision Academics help your students?
The Precision Academics Resource Bank contains hundreds of workbooks, and thousands of pages of activities, suitable for students with the widest possible range of learning needs.
Our resources and activities are designed to stimulate each student to develop to their fullest potential, through achieving success using resources designed to meet individual needs.
Our Resource Bank contains resources which are suitable for both secular and Christian faith based curricula, allowing schools and families to select and use the resources which best suit their needs.
Placement and Progress:
Each student begins by completing a quick and simple criterion based assessment in Functional Literacy and Numeracy. A simple key directs teachers and families to the most appropriate starting place – from Level One to Four. Multiple versions of the test allow teachers and families to track and evaluate progress over time. These tests can be easily administered by Parents or Educational Assistants, if required.
This Placement and Progress Manual allows an easy overview of each student’s progress and accomplishments over time. Record the date each workbook is completed, as well as test scores.
Links to Curriculum Outcomes and Individual Education Program Plans (IEP’s)
Every Workbook contains links to 3 or more Mainstream or Life Skills curriculum outcomes and contains specific indicators to show how the concepts are covered (“Is able to recognise the tallest of 3 objects”; “Is able to name the 5 vowels”; “Identifies the planets of our solar system”). The student’s level of independence when achieving these outcomes is also recorded, using a simple scale of 1 to 5 (where 5 represents full independence).
A Work Sample is also included for each of the 500+ Workbooks. These two pages (Outcomes, Indicators, Level of Independence and Work Sample) are found in the last two pages of each Workbook.
Each record takes only a couple of minutes to complete and is removed from the Workbook and kept as a permanent record of the student’s progress.
These pages provide an outstanding reference for accountability, ensuring each student’s progress can be easily and effortlessly linked to their individual education plan.
Ways to use the Precision Academics Resource Bank:
The 7,000 pages of resources are arranged into 500+ Workbooks. Each Workbook can be printed in whole or in part, as often as desired. Pages can be offered in any combination, allowing educators unlimited flexibility to meet each student’s individual learning needs.
Resources are never wasted, as they are only printed on an “as needs” basis.
We recommend using the cheapest possible printer and cartridge options, printing on “high speed, economy” and “2 pages per page” setting.
Many of the resources can be left directly on the computer screen, if preferred, saving the cost of printing altogether.
The Precision Academics Resource Bank can be used by children of all ability levels, allowing these resources to be seen as a highly valued asset to the school.
It is very common for our resources to be used by whole class groups, gifted and talented programs as well as a wide range of special education programs.
Levels in Precision Academics
Our workbooks are grouped into 4 Ability Levels. Select the level which best fits each student’s individual learning needs, regardless of his or her chronological age.
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Level One |
Our resources begin at Level One – suitable for students of any age who are just able to grasp a pencil and make simple scribbles on the page, and who are able to communicate at a very basic level using a few simple words or gestures. Over 1,500+ pages of resources are available to support educators in the development of fine motor skills, receptive and expressive communication skills, pre-emergent literacy and numeracy skills, concept formation, spatial awareness, motor memory, mid-line crossover, and much, much more. |
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Level Two |
Level Two continues this resource support, with another 1,500+ pages – suitable for students of any age who are functioning an academic level typically associated with early elementary or primary school. Additional Workbooks added at this level include critical thinking skills, personal development and protective behaviours, processing speed and accuracy, phonemic awareness and much more. Functional Literacy and Numeracy are supported through spiral curriculum workbooks which teach new concepts in a very gradual progression, with frequent re-visits to concepts previously learned. A constant emphasis on applying previously learned skills in novel situations helps to students reinforce and apply key concepts. |
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Level Three |
Level Three provides another 1,000+ pages suitable for students of any age whose functional academic skills are typically associated with middle elementary or primary school. Almost all topics from Level Two are continued in Level Three. This depth of resources ensures that regardless of each student’s rate of learning, their teachers will have constant access to stimulating, vibrant and novel resources appropriate to their individual needs. |
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Level Four |
Level Four provides another 2,000+ pages suitable for students whose functional academic skills are typically associated with upper elementary or junior high school. Even at this level, all Workbooks remain highly visual, with highly adapted tasks suitable for students with ongoing difficulties forming and applying abstract concepts. Many of the Workbooks focus on specific topics commonly found in mainstream curriculum. This allows students to participate to the fullest extent in mainstream activities, but then complete adapted tasks on the same topic at a level suitable to their needs. Level Four is the highest academic level that Precision Academics targets. Once students are able to complete Level Four Workbooks with relative independence, then they are quite able to use many of the hundreds of other excellent resources already available to support their learning needs. |
What is Included In The
Precision Academics Resource Bank?
For our Youngest Students:
(or students of any age still working towards these Outcomes)
· 50 Cross or Single Curriculum Workbooks, all at Level One
For our Primary (Elementary) School Students:
(or students of any age still working towards these Outcomes)
· About 300 Single Curriculum Workbooks, at Levels One, Two, Three and Four
For our Older Students requiring Single Curriculum Workbooks:
(or students of any age still working towards these Outcomes)
· About 50 Single Curriculum Workbooks, all at Level Four
For our Older Students working towards
Cross Curriculum Learning Outcomes (Life Skills):
(or students of any age still working towards these Outcomes)
· 30 full Workbooks, at Level One, Two and Three
· 90 Scaffolded Assignments each covering a single topic, but each including outcomes from 3 to 6 different curriculum areas, all at Level Four
General Guidelines for using Precision Academics Workbooks
· Keep your sessions short, frequent and very positive. Encourage your student to concentrate very closely on key visual and auditory information.
· Precision Academics© Workbooks provide unlimited opportunities for skill development, success and increased self-confidence in all aspects of the curriculum, and can be used as one important component of each student’s educational program.
· The many brightly coloured Workbooks contain interactive, highly motivating activities linked to both Mainstream and Life Skills Outcomes.
· Encourage as much detail in spoken language as possible. Language skills greatly enhance all aspects of learning. Actively teach your student to develop his or her skills using a range of strategies. Adapt each page to your student’s individual needs.
· Actively teach the student to listen carefully, complete all elements of each task and check their own work.
· Provide as much support as is needed to achieve 100% on every page. Praise often and sincerely. Cover the page with positive marks, check marks, “happy faces”, messages of success etc. Encourage your student to do the same.
· High levels of positive feedback are essential to promoting self-esteem and a positive attitude towards learning. As each page is complete, the helper or student marks the page with a brightly coloured 100%. This explicitly teaches the student to aim for mastery in his or her learning. As little attention as possible is paid to errors in work.
· Praise and acknowledgement are given for every task, but when mistakes are encountered, the student is simply asked to “Check this one please” before it is marked. Then as little or as much support as necessary is given to ensure that the work is completed correctly.
· Once this is done, the work is brightly ticked and the page is marked at 100%. Do not be tempted to skip this important step. Use your own unique style to encourage the highest possible success from your students.
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· Select Mainstream or Life Skills Outcomes as appropriate, or insert your own Outcomes if necessary. The Indicators identify very specific expectations that are linked directly to tasks the student has been working on throughout each workbook.
· Helpers and their students work together to evaluate the student’s level of mastery using the simple 1 to 5 guidelines (essentially 1 means that the student requires total support to complete Indicator whereas 5 means the work was completed with confidence and independence).
· The scores are then totalled and the result is used to guide your decision about which workbook to go to next. The student then completes a Work Sample.
· Once completed, the Assessment and Work Sample page(s) are removed from the Workbook and placed on the student’s Progress File. Attach additional Work Samples if desired.
· These documents provide simple, valuable and essential information documenting the student’s progress towards his or her learning goals.
· These documents can be reviewed at Individual Education Plans and used for Progress Assessment.
Precision Academics 5th Edition offers a collection of hundreds of Adapted Education Workbooks suitable for students of all ages and ability levels. These Workbooks contain over 6,000 pages of stimulating activities for students with a wide range of special education needs, such as mild/moderate intellectual disability, Asperger’s Syndrome, AD/HD, English as a Second Language, Dyslexia. The product also includes workbooks suitable for Gifted and Talented Students.
Our resources are outstanding for families choosing to HOME SCHOOL their children. Every child is precious and unique, and Precision Academics resources allow parents to tailor an educational program to each child's needs, across the entire spectrum of ability levels - from gifted to highest support needs and every level in between.
Our comprehensive selection of Workbooks offer fantastic opportunities for pre-school and primary (elementary) school ages, including gifted children, children of average ability and children with disabilities. For High School our resources are perfect for students with special learning needs.
Our vision statement is “Success for students with special learning needs”. This reflects our commitment to providing outstanding resources which are flexible enough to cater to the broadest possible range of individual need, and are directly linked to the outcomes associated with mainstream education.
Our entire Adapted Education product range is offered on a single CD Rom allowing educators easy access to put together unique resource packages, tailored to suit each student’s individual learning needs.
Each workbook takes just a few minutes to print and costs only a few cents to produce. Our Workbooks come in full color and contain the widest possible range of attractive, engaging, and age appropriate activities. All Workbooks are easy to use as individual or group programs, with support from teachers, teachers aides, peer tutors or volunteers.
When complete each Workbook contains its own assessment and work sample pages to be kept as a permanent record of student progress. This then allows the student to take each completed Workbook home to share their accomplishments with their family and friends.
Principal author, Educational Psychologist and Special Education Adviser, Val Gray, brings her extensive experience and training in the field of special education to this unique product which has been in development and use since 1997.
Here’s what our customers are saying!
“As a teacher’s aide, Precision Academics is the answer to my prayers. It’s all there in an interesting, fun format. All I have to do is add the motivation and encouragement. Thank you!!!” Jill…….Teacher’s Aide, Primary School
“Precision Academics is an excellent program. It just plain works. I work with over 30 children at my school using this program. When I walk into the classroom carrying your Workbooks, without exception, every child is looking up at me with pleading eyes, saying, “Is it my turn yet? Can I PLEASE come with you and do the Workbooks?” Your programs work their way around and around, helping the children to master the basics. They are SO happy to be able to do it. It works and they love it. I am a true fan.” Ian… Teacher’s Aide, Primary School
"Precision Academics provides an affordable option for schools, who have limited special education budgets and are looking for excellent resources for students with a wide range of special learning needs." Di Brown .... Head of Additional Needs....Diocese of Armidale
“I love doing this stuff...its fun. I wish I could do it all the time. There’s not too much stuff on each page…. I understand what I have to do... My friends love doing it with me...Thanks.” Scott….Student, Junior High School
“I couldn’t imagine doing my job without Precision Academics. “ Jean…..Teacher’s Aide, High School
“I recommend Precision Academics to all of the schools I visit. It is used in many of our schools, with individuals and small groups, and sometimes whole class groups work on selected resources because they are beneficial for all students, not just a few. The resources are easy to use, really attractive to students, and help our teachers and teacher’s aides work collaboratively to provide the best possible program for our students.
It is wonderful to have a resource library able to provide something for such a wide range of special learning needs for students of all ages.” Pauline Julius…Learning Support Co-ordinator, Diocese of Lismore.
“We have a student whose IQ is in the low 40’s. Our teachers used to have to write every piece of work individually for her. Now, she has hundreds of Workbooks to use, that will see her through for years to come. And now we use Precision Academics for at least 20 other students. The reaction from our Gifted and Talented students and their parents has been overwhelming.” Kathy…..Teacher’s Aide, Primary School
Contact us at:
Precision Academics©
Success for students with special learning needs
Offices: Port Macquarie 02 65825515
FAX: 02 65 82 65 40 ABN: 83086881629