Charting the Cs logo with black and blue text Charting the Cs Conference 2025: To Literacy and Beyond Cooperation Communication Collaboration All You Need is APES! April 28, 2025 Ginny Running and Kathy Castor Prior Lake -Savage Area School District Who We Are… Ginny Running: Physical & Health Disabilities Teacher Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist (Former Life Skills Teacher of 15+ years) Family picture - husband, daughter, wife. Daughter is in a pink dress for homecoming. Kathy Castor: •Speech - Language PathologistAssistive Technology Specialist •(Self Proclaimed DORK) Family of 5 - husband, son, wife, son, daughter. Standing outside. Outcomes for our session: APES is Where It’s At! Active Participation and Engagement for Students (with complex bodies and needs) •Review the need for increased & intentional planning for ALL students to be active participants in meaningful & engaging learning experiences across their school day (a.k.a. The What and Why of APES). •Unpack the two guiding principles influencing our work. •Participate in a show and tell of materials that were created as part of this initiative. •Reflect on our journey of creating materials and training staff. Image of an ape wearing a crown and jewels. Active Participation and Engagement for Students (with complex bodies and needs) This work… •Was sparked by repeated conversations thinking about and planning for our students with most significant needs. •Was influenced by “Making Curriculum Active and Meaningful for Students with Complex Bodies and Needs” - Julie Marzano and Emily McCarthy •Resulted in summer work that has continued into this year, including: oCreation of materials, training of staff, Charting the C’s, funding requests oLots of brainstorming, more questions, more joy and more challenges Guiding Principle #1 Help students become PARTICIPATORSnot SPECTATORS! A boy in a wheelchair is sitting at the edge of a playground looking toward the playground (his head is turned away from the camera). Other children and adults are at the playground on the equipment, but the boy is not participating. Barriers to Participation BRAINSTORM TIME AI generated image of a silver brain with a lightening and storm clouds around it. Guiding Principle #2 If you can’t make it better…. make it matter! A woman is pushing a student in a wheelchair in a school hallway. The student is surrounded by other children. Examples in Action Video 1 and 2: Errorless Learning ASD A picture of a child's hand holding a picture of a donut. Video thumbnail of a child in a wheelchair with a teacher holding a picture of a hat in front of the child. View video 3: Walter object Video thumbnail of a child in a wheelchair with a teacher helping him dig through a container of objects. View video 4: Walter Greeting Spinner for Charting the C's. Video thumbnail of a teacher and an child in front of a Velcro board spinner. Time for Show and Tell! 9 rockets on a sheet of paper The number 9 A spinning dial that points to pictures of greeting options A picture of an elephant with a sentence underneath _blank_ is for Elephant. The letter E Station Time!! It is time for you to explore some materials we brought for show and tell. Feel free to ask questions and give examples of your own if you have them! Reflections An image of mountains and forest being reflected in a still body of water. Resources Errorless Learning Resources from Ginny and Kathy (https://shorturl.at/UBGez) DISCLAIMER: Please be aware that the resources provided have not been reviewed for accessibility and / or copyright. These are meant to be printable materials for use with students. In addition, we are sharing the materials that we have created with an understanding that no attendee will try to claim credit for, sell or make financial gain from the work we have done. These resources will be available through May 30th, 2025, at which time the folder will no longer be available. Charting the Cs logo Thank you! Questions? Kathy Castor, kcastor@plsas.org Ginny Running, grunning@plsas.org