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"Four years ago, Megan entered a classroom that was utilizing the Styer-Fitzgerald Program for Functional Academics. What a huge difference this has made in our daughter's life."Read more

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"Students are finding great success with the Styer-Fitzgerald Functional Academics curriculum at the secondary level. The program is based on a highly structured environment with high expectations for students. With individualized programs and schedules, students are consistently engaged in meaningful learning, including functional academics, employment training, and living skills. Read more

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The Styer-Fitzgerald Program for Functional Academics: A Total Classroom Curriculum

The Styer-Fitzgerald Program for Functional Academics is a comprehensive approach to teaching real world skills to students with mild, moderate and severe disabilities. Both the assessment and curriculum are user friendly, providing teachers with clear and easy to use lesson plans, data sheets, and a progress tracking method. The curriculum can accommodate students at a variety of skill levels within a single classroom.

The curriculum and assessment are also structured to be able to move with the student from year to year so that growth is supported by a continuous linking of teaching and individual assessment to the fully sequenced program. Schools or districts that use the Styer-Fitzgerald Functional Academics Program across several grades provide students with a cohesive, consistent learning environment and also have coordinated data for assessment of student achievement.

Styer-Fitzgerald Program For Functional Academics, Elementary Classroom Set

See and try out the Styer-Fitzgerald Functional Academics Elementary Program for yourself by downloading the 56 page Elementary Sample in Program Samples. The sample, which you can review or try out in the classroom, includes actual lessons with related assessments and explanations of how to use each component. You will also find a complete table of contents so you can see a detailed list of all the individual lessons and assessments.


A Complete Elementary Level Curriculum
Essential and Comprehensive Functional Life Skills in 14 Units

Elementary Program Comprehensive Curriculum

14 Academic and Life Skills Units in 350+ page spiral bound Full Curriculum

  • Functional Reading Skills
  • Colors
  • Shapes
  • Location Concepts
  • Computer Skills
  • Writing Skills
  • Time-Telling Skills
  • Calendar
  • Money Management, Bills
  • Money Management, Coins
  • Calculator Skills
  • Phone Skills
  • Community Based Training-Generalization
  • Independent Skills
  • Each Unit includes:
    • Curriculum Flow Chart of Skills Sequence for decision making about students' next appropriate Lesson,
    • Goals and Objectives Overview for the Unit,
    • Instructional Guidelines,
    • List of Materials for all Lessons in the Unit
  • Each Lesson includes:
    • Long-term goal and short-term objective,
    • Teaching notes,
    • Step-by-step guidance on the prompting and response procedure,
    • Data Sheet or Task Analysis for the lesson's short-term objective and long-term goal which are tied into the on-going Assessment
  • Additional details:
    • Spiral bound and tabbed by Unit for easy use,
    • Detailed contents serving as Curriculum overview and easy reference if Curriculum is going to be used in sections for certain classrooms or specific students,
    • Approximately 350 pages,
    • 1 per Full Classroom Set.
  • A complete and unique 100+ page Alphabet and Numbers teaching and writing program with reproducible lesson sheets
    • Covers numbers 1 through 9 plus 0,
    • Covers all lower and upper case letters,
    • Includes reproducible teaching and practice sheets for individual numbers and letters,
    • Includes reproducible letter combinations practice sheets,
    • Reproducibles come in the three-ring Reproducibles Notebook for convenient use.
  • Teacher's Guide
    • Gives foundational information on best practices and specific procedures vital to student success with the program,
    • Lays the foundation for effective use of the integrated assessment,
    • Serves as a guide to professional approach and action, not as a scripted formula,
    • Delivered bound with in the Curriculum for easy access and ready referral,
    • 1 per Full Classroom Set.
  • Reproducible, supplementary materials and data sheets Notebook and CD
    • Master copies of many of the materials used throughout the Curriculum,
    • Data sheet masters,
    • 200+ pages of material,
    • In three-ring binder for easy access and organized storage,
    • 1 Notebook per Full Classroom Set

      CD OF THE REPRODUCIBLE MATERIALS
    • Allows for easy printing and adaptation,
    • Includes all the material in the Reproducible Notebook,
    • 1 CD per Full Classroom Set.
Elementary Program Fully Integrated Diagnostic and Progress Tracking Assessment
  • Master Assessment including full Student Assessment and Teacher's Guide to Assessment
    • Instructions for assessment procedures,
    • Student Assessment incorporated for convenient reference as testing,
    • Spiral Bound for easy use,
    • 1 per Classroom Set.
  • Individual Student Assessment for curriculum placement and progress tracking for all units
    • Diagnostic and progress assessment for placement and progress tracking in each of the 14 units,
    • Assessment can travel with the student through more than one grade level and classroom for consistent progress,
    • Spiral bound for easy use,
    • Approximately 310 pages,
    • 10 Student Assessments included with each Full Classroom Set,
    • Additional copies for new students or larger classes may be purchased individually.
  • Testing Kit with reusable materials
    • Prepared material appropriate for repeated use,
    • Reproducible master copies of materials appropriate for single use,
    • Packaged in plastic folder for handy storage and easy access,
    • 1 per Full Classroom Set.
Elementary Program Progress Management
  • Curriculum Placement Guide for tracking student placement and progress
    • Gives clear picture of student placement and progress through the Curriculum units,
    • In Spiral Bound Full Curriculum for convenient reference.
  • PLOP-Present Levels of Performance for planning and IEPs - in Master Assessment and Student Assessment
    • Shows student's current skill placement,
    • Gives continuous record of progress
    • One per student bound with Student Assessment for easy record keeping.

The Styer-Fitzgerald Functional Academics, Secondary Full Classroom Set

See and try out the Styer-Fitzgerald Functional Academics Secondary Program for yourself by downloading the 53 page Secondary Sample in Program Samples. The sample, which you can review or try out in the classroom, includes actual lessons with related assessments and explanations of how to use each component. You will also find a complete table of contents so you can see a detailed list of all the individual lessons and assessments.

A Complete Elementary Level Curriculum
Essential and Comprehensive Functional Life Skills in 14 Units

  • Functional Reading Skills
  • Computer Skills
  • Writing Skills
  • Time-Telling Skills
  • Time Management
  • Money Management, Bills
  • Money Management, Coins
  • Calculator Skills
  • Phone Skills
  • Budgeting and Banking
  • Community Based Training - Generalization
  • Multi-Skill Application
  • Independent/Pre-Vocational Skills
Secondary Program Comprehensive Curriculum
  • 11 Academic and Life Skills Content Areas in 13 Units
    • Each Unit includes:
      • Curriculum Flow Chart of Skills Sequence for decision making about students' next appropriate Lesson,
      • Goals and Objectives Overview for the Unit,
      • Instructional Guidelines,
      • List of Materials for all Lessons in the Unit
    • Each Lesson includes:
      • Long-term goal and short-term objective,
      • Teaching notes,
      • Step-by-step guidance on the prompting and response procedure,
      • Data Sheet or Task Analysis for the lesson's short-term objective and long-term goal which are tied into the on-going Assessment.
    • Additional details:
      • Spiral bound and tabbed by Unit for easy use,
      • Detailed contents serving as Curriculum overview and easy reference if Curriculum is going to be used in sections for certain classrooms or specific students,
      • Approximately 295 pages,
      • 1 per Full Classroom Set.
  • Teacher's Guide
    • Gives foundational information on best practices and specific procedures vital to student success with the program,
    • Lays the foundation for effective use of the integrated assessment,
    • Serves as a guide to professional approach and action, not as a scripted formula,
    • Delivered bound with in the Curriculum for easy access and ready referral,
    • 1 per Full Classroom Set.
  • Reproducible, supplementary materials and data sheets Notebook and CD
    • Master copies of many of the materials used throughout the Curriculum,
    • Data sheet masters,
    • 180+ pages of material in a three-ring binder for easy access and organized storage,
    • 1 Notebook per Full Classroom Set

      CD OF THE REPRODUCIBLE MATERIALS
    • Allows for easy printing and adaptation,
    • Includes all the material in the Reproducible Notebook,
    • 1 CD per Full Classroom Set.
Secondary Program Fully Integrated Diagnostic and Progress Tracking Assessment
  • Master Assessment including full Student Assessment and Teacher's Guide to Assessment
    • Instructions for assessment procedures,
    • Student Assessment incorporated for convenient reference as testing,
    • Spiral Bound for easy use,
    • 1 per Classroom Set.
  • Individual Student Assessments for curriculum placement and progress tracking for all units
    • Diagnostic and progress assessment for placement and progress tracking in each of the 11 curriculum areas in 13 units,
    • Assessment can travel with the student through more than one grade level and classroom for consistent progress,
    • Spiral bound for easy use,
    • Approximately 190 pages,
    • 10 Student Assessments included with each Full Classroom Set,
    • Additional copies for new students or larger classes may be purchased individually.
  • Testing Kit with reusable materials
    • Prepared material appropriate for repeated use,
    • Reproducible master copies of materials appropriate for single use,
    • Packaged in plastic folder for handy storage and easy access,
    • 1 per Full Classroom Set.
Secondary Program Progress Management
  • Curriculum Placement Guide for tracking student placement and progress
    • Gives clear picture of student placement and progress through the Curriculum units,
    • In Spiral Bound Full Curriculum for convenient reference.
  • PLOP-Present Levels of Performance for planning and IEPs - in Master Assessment and Student Assessment
    • Shows student's current skill placement,
    • Gives continuous record of progress,
    • One per student bound with Student Assessment for easy record keeping.
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~The Elementary Level of the Styer-Fitzgerald Functional Academics Program was released July 2010, joining the Secondary Curriculum, released in July 2009. Schools in major metropolitan areas as well as in small districts are now using it in multiple classrooms. Non-traditional programs are also using it. The University of Washington and the University of Oregon have purchased it for evaluation and integration into education programs. (For more information on places using the Curriculum, click here.)

~Advocacy for use of the Styer-Fitzgerald Functional Academics Program is often coming first from classroom teachers or others most involved with students. Based on their professional expertise and experience, they share that they’ve recognized the Curriculum’s breadth and usability from seeing it in action during a visit to a classroom using the Styer-Fitzgerald Program, or via the website description, or by trying it out for themselves using the comprehensive Sample downloads.

~ Future Releases: The authors are currently working on making the often requested peer tutor program and classroom organization materials ready for publication with late summer 2011 the target date for release. A classroom tested Transitional Program is also in process and a Program for students with severe disabilities is being developed.