Teachers of Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Students with significant cognitive disabilities have a documented cognitive disability that affects intellectual functioning, with deficits in adaptive behavior that adversely affects the student's educational performance.

Resources

Google Classroom

Heart of Georgia Regional Teachers of Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities have the opportunity to network and share resources and information. Request to join the Teachers of Significant Cognitive Disabilities Classroom

Request to Join

Visual Supports

Utilizing Visual Supports is an Evidence-Based Practice to help students with significant cognitive disabilities and students with Autism Process information. The AFIRM - Autism Focused Intervention Resources & Modules provides free online modules for teachers. Use the link below to access the module on Visual Supports

AFIRM Visual Supports

Visual Schedules

Utilizing visual schedules for students with significant cognitive disabilities helps teach many skills including routines, task analysis, communication, organization, and focus. Use the link below to access editable visual schedule templates.

The template is provided by Jessie Moreau.

Visual Schedule Template

Join Us for Professional Learning

The Heart of Georgia Regional Teachers of STudents with Significant Congnitive Disablilites meet quartlery for Professional Learning and Regional Sharing. To join the next session use the link below.

Join Us for Professional Learning

November 3, 2023

Seventeen teachers from 10 Heart of Georgia Region school districts participated in the Teachers of Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Consortium. The group was provided training by Jessie Moreau. The focus of the session was Autism. Teachers shared resources and participated in a Make n' Take session. To register for the next

In addition to supporting teachers through the Heart of Georgia Regional Teachers of Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Consortium, Jessie Moreau provides modeling, coaching, and support to select teachers in the Heart of Georgia Region through the continuous improvement project, Intensive Support for Teachers with Significant Cognitive Disabilities. These teachers are selected by their school districts based on their strengths in educating students with disabilities and their abilities to help support other teachers. Participating teachers in the project shared their resources and ideas at the November meeting of the Heart of Georgia Regional Teachers of Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Consortium!