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Special Areas

Welcome to Special Areas Team!

Art                    Shaonnon Brooks, mailto:ShannonBrooks@carrollk12.org

Adaptive PE     Chris Arthur, mailto:ChrisArthur@carrollk12.org

Media               Annie Martin,  mailto:AnnieMartin@carrollk12.org           Media Clerk          Bridget Elkins, mailto:BridgetElkins@carrollk12.org

Health              Kim Kucharski, mailto:KinberlyKucharski@carrollk12.org

Music               Ruth Ready, mailto:RuthReady@carrollk12.org             Instrumental Music     Nancy Hawkinberry, mailto:NancyHawkinberry@carrollk12.org

PE                      Ronnie Rebhan, mailto:RonnieRebhan@carrollk12.org       

PE                     Ryan Nazelrod,  mailto:RyanNazelrod@carrollk12.org              

PE                     Matt Bien, mailto:MatthewBien@carrollk12.org

 

Special Education

Resources / Family Support

 

Family Support is a program that provides families, professionals, and the community with information, training, and support.Family Support serves all families in CCPS, including families of children with disabilities requiring an IEP, children with 504’s and families who may need guidance navigating community or school resources.

Family Support is sponsored by CCPS with financial support through MSDE.

Family Support hosts monthly Family Support Nights.Child care is typically provided at the monthly Family Nights.Additional topics are presented throughout the year as well.

Presentations for the 2019-2020 school year featured:Behavior Strategies, Special Ed. Basics, DDA/Transitions, Talk about Puberty and your changing body, Grief and taking care of yourself, Vendor Fair, Sibling/Parent panel, Financial/Legal presentations, Sensory Strategies, Transition to College, Transition from IFSP to IEP, Getting Ready for Kindergarten.

 

For more information email Tammy Chisholm @ tlchish@carrollk12.org , call 410-751-3955

 

Adaptive Recreation

300 S. Center Street, Westminster MD

410-386-2686

www.ccrecpark.org

Debbie Gemmill, Cooridinator - dgemmill@ccg.carr.org

 

 

Camps

 

Capernaum @ Crossroads Community Church 

895 Leidy Road, Westminster MD

443-487-4002

www.crossroads140.com

www/carrollcounty.younglife.org/capernaum/camp

 

Camp GreenTop

15001 Park Central Road, Sabillasville, MD

410-323-0500

301-416-0801

 

Camp Attaway

8640 Guilford Road, Suite 220, Columbia MD

410-730-2633

www.campattaway.org

 

Camp Journey

10304 Putman Road, Frederick, MD

301-682-3466

 

Sensory Friendly Films

 

AMC Theatres and the Autism Society have teamed up to bring families affected by Autsim and other disabilities a special opportunitiy to enjoy their favorite movies ina safe and accepting environment on a monthly basis with the "Sensory Friendly Films" program.

In order to provide a more accepting and comfortable setting for the unique audience, th movie auditoriums will have their lights brought up and the sound turned down, families will be able to bring in their own gluten free, casein-free snacks and no previews or  advertisements will be shown before the movie.  Additionally, audience members are welcom to get up and dance, walk, shout and sing - in other words, AMC'S "Silence is  Golden" policy will not be enforced unless the safety of the audience  is  questioned.  

AMC Loews White Marsh

410-933-9428

http://www.amctheatres.com/SFF/

 

AMC Theatre in Owings Mills

443-394-0060

 

AMC Theatre in Columbia

1-888-AMC-4FUN

Autism

Contact Information

NEW Parent Drop Off and Pick Up Procedures for Students in our Autism/LFI/Prep Programs:

Morning Drop Off:  Parents will need to park theirr car and walk their child to the front of the building and wait under the awning.  A Hampstead staff member will be out to greet you and walk your child into the building.

Afternoon Pick UP:  Parents will need to park their cars and report to the front door of the school and wait under the awning.  A Hampstead staff member will bring your child out to you for dismissal.

Please share this information with anyone who will be dropping off and/or pick up at the end of the school day.

 

Beth Bowman, Special Educator

 

Stephanie Smith, Instructional Assistant

 

Tracey Forney, Special Educator

 

Kelly Shifflett, Instructional Assistant

 

Olivia Szablinkska, Special Educator

 

Sylwia Slominski, Instructional Assistant

Tricia Wood Special Educator

 

Jess Becker, Insructional Assistant

Behavior Specialist

Mary Mahaney

 

 

Service Providers

 

Chris Arthur, Adapted PE

 

Debra Brodinsky, SLP

 


Jen Knight, OT

 

Amy Schueler Dowell, SLP

 

Ashley Rosner, School Psychologist

 

Johanna O'Hara, Special Education Secretary

jeohara@carrollk12.org

 

HAMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AUTISM PRIMARY SUPPLY LIST (Grades K-2nd Grade)
2021 – 2022
1 – Tote bag (Mrs. Wood’s student’s only)
1 – Book Bag
1 – Pencil box
2 – Pocket folders
4 - Glue sticks (preferably large purple)
2 - Composition books
1 – 1” binder
2 – 2” binder
1 – Pair of scissors
1 - box of 24 crayons for Autism grades K-3
1 – box of fat pencils for K-3 Autism
6 – black dry erase markers
1 – pack of highlighters
2 – packs of dividers (with write on tabs preferred)
1 – Art shirt with name on it (oversized shirt that fits over their clothes)
1 – For Mrs. Wheeler’s class - extra set of clothing, in a gallon size Ziplock bag, labeled with student’s name.
* IF NEEDED – toileting supplies (pull-ups, diapers, wipes, etc.) – We will keep your child’s things separated in an individual basket with his or her name.
Donations:
1 – pack of baby wipes
1 – box of zip lock bags (sandwich, snack, quart or gallon)
2 – boxes of tissues
1 – pack of index cards
1 – pack of Dixie cups
Hand Sanitizer (Purell or Germ-X)
Aloe
Vaseline
Q Tips
Latex free band aids
Paper Towels

HAMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
AUTISM INTERMEDIATE SUPPLY LIST (Grades 3,4,5)
2021 - 2022
1 – pair of scissors
4 – large glue sticks
1 – pack of thick dry erase markers (any colors)
1 – pack of thin dry erase markers (any colors)
2 – composition books
1 – 3” 3 ring binder
1 – 2” 3 ring binder
1 – pack of dividers
5 – pocket folders with fasteners
1 – pack of highlighters (any color)
1 – Art shirt with name on it (oversized shirt that fits over their clothes)
Donations:
1 - pair of headphones
1 - pack of index cards
1 – pack of baby wipes
1 – box of zip lock bags (sandwich / quart or gallon)
2 – boxes of tissues
Hand Sanitizer (Purell or Germ-X)
Aloe
Vaseline
Q Tips
Latex free band aids

 

LFI

Contact Information 

Service Proviers

Chris Arthur, Adapted PE

 

Meira Labrie, SLP

 

Debra Brodinsky, SLP

 

Amy Schueler Dowell

 

Jen Knight, OT

 

Yona Schaap, OT

 

Ashley Rosner, School Psychologist

 

 

Johanna O'Hara, Special Education Secretary

 

 

PREP

Contact Info

Mrs. Lisa DiSimone, Educator

 

Mrs. Conklin, Instructional Assistant

 

 

News Letter - A.M.   

Dates to Remember:

 

Theme

This month we will focus on winter and snow.  We will explore new toys and snow (imitation and real).  We will use shovels and throw pretend and paper snowballs.  We are focusing on those action words and the “ing” ending (I am sledding.)  The children will have hats, boots, scarves, mittens and gloves to explore at play and learn about winter clothing and where it goes.  Putting on mittens (and gloves) requires bilateral hand use and takes patience and persistence.  We will continue to work on matching, sorting, counting, and sizes.  For literacy, we work to answer questions and make connections from our personal experiences to the characters in the books.  We will work on pronouns “he” and “she.” Please help us by reinforcing these skills at home. If you have questions, drop me a note.  We will do some special activities to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

Extensions

This month I’d like you to focus on reading and the February calendar of activities.  The activities can be switched around or changed to fit your schedule and opportunities that come up.  We encourage you to explore Jan Brett at www.janbrett.com/activities_pages.htm She is a great author and has activities to go with her books and characters.  Starfall is a great site for letter exploration and poems (www.starfall.com ).  Let me know if you visit sites that we can share with other parents.  Check out the sites on the Hampstead Bookmark for Tumblebooks and Capstone and Discovery Education.

DID YOU KNOW?

A sharing of developmental information and ideas to promote learning at home.

+Sensory activities provide learning opportunities that are self-directed and open-ended.  They have varied and interesting textures, smell, colors, or appearances and may have other uses.

+Children need repeated opportunities to solve problems.

+Children learn to remain engaged through the structure and routines provided in their environment.

+Hearing a wide-variety of words in conversations helps children expand their spoken language.

 

 

 News Letter - P.M.

Dates to Remember:

Conference Night

 

Theme

This month we will focus on winter, snow and hibernation.  We will have special day activities to address Valentine’s Day and President’s Day.  In addition, we’ll explore dental health and open a class dentist office.  In math, we are working on measurement to compare length or weight.  We will use words like longer/shorter, heavier/lighter and taller/shorter.  We will continue working on number concepts and reviewing shapes and positional language.  We have extended number concepts with 10 frames and problem solving. For literacy, we’ll be talking about letters making words and using the sounds we hear to write words.  We will continue to explore print (spaces between words, capital letters at the beginning of sentences, and punctuation marks).  Please help us support learning by reviewing pages that come home, reading daily, and participating in the many home connections: literacy and fine motor folders and the monthly calendar page.  Have your child draw a new picture to place at the top of the calendar they made in January.  Then add the calendar page to the bottom.  It’s a great way to encourage drawing and displays the days’ activities.  Drawing is a way to express ideas and is also used in math to show problem solving.

 

Extensions

This month you can focus on the calendar of daily activities and using the literacy folder entries to underline words that start with a targeted letter.  We encourage you to explore Jan Brett at www.janbrett.com/activities_pages.htm ; she is a great author and has activities to go with her books and characters; we will read several of her books this month. You can also practice having your child point to each word as you read a large print story.  This builds 1:1 correspondence for reading and helps differentiate a word from a sentence. Check out www.starfall.com for letters, poems, songs, and math activities. Don’t forget all the sites on the Hampstead bookmark.

 

DID YOU KNOW?

A sharing of developmental information and ideas to promote learning at home.

+Sensory activities provide learning opportunities that are self-directed and open-ended.  They have varied and interesting textures, smell, colors, or appearances and may have other uses.

+Children need repeated opportunities to solve problems.

+Children learn to remain engaged through the structure and routines provided in their environment.

+Hearing a wide-variety of words in conversations helps children expand their spoken language.