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Family Involvement Starts Here(F.I.S.H.)! Parents and guardians are a vital part of student success and learning. Every student at L.A.C.E.S. will have a communication folder that we complete each day. Please make sure to go over the folder every night with your child and return it in their backpacks! This is a great way to start conversations about how your child's day was at school. Ask what activities they completed at the different learning stations, as well as in therapy. If you have important information to relay to LACES staff please let us know in the "Notes from Parents" section.
Backpacks have been generously donated to LACES this year as well as school supplies. Please stop by and pick up a backpack, or we will let your child pick one out the first day of school!
Students can be dropped off no earlier than 7:40 AM. and should be picked up by 3:10 PM. Please escort your student to the back gate at LACES where they will be greeted by LACES staff! If you are a new student, or your bus number has changed from last year for returning students, please call Rosa at 575-739-2750 and let us know what bus your student will be on. We will have LACES staff available to meet buses as they drop off students.
All Communication will be conducted through the Parent's Square Application! Please make sure and download the app so that you are aware of everything that is going on at LACES. Also, please feel free to call LACES at 575-739-2750 for any questions or concerns.
L.A.C.E.S. (Lovington Autism Center for Education and Services) was established in 2010 in order to provide autism-specific support for Lovington students with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. L.A.C.E.S provides support for students on all levels of the autism spectrum both on the LACES campus and in the general education classroom! L.A.C.E.S. is a model site with UNM Autism Programs through the National Professional Development Council. As a model site, we received years of training and support in order to provide our students with appropriate services. Part of that agreement with UNM, is that we provide training for surrounding districts in NM in the form of guided tours and trainings! At the LACES building, we provide students with instruction in the following areas as needed and determined by the students IEP (Individual Education Plan) team!
- Language Arts
- Reading
- Math
- Science
- Money Math
- Adaptive P.E.
- Weights and Fitness
- Art/Fine Motor
- Housekeeping
- Cooking
- Job Skills
- Relaxation Skills
- Sensory Integration
- Speech; and Language Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Early Intervention Services
- Social Skill Development
- AAC (Augmented and Alternative Communication) Device use and implementation
Did you know that children with autism often have strong visual skills? Many students with autism have a great eye for visual details, so remember to use this strength when working with your child! Information that is presented visually is more concrete, lasts longer and is often more clear than spoken language.
You can help your child learn by presenting information visually. For example:
- Put visual reminders around your house. If your child can read, these can be written words, but they can also be pictures.
- Take photos of the different play activities your child can do, and put them on an ‘activity board’ as a reminder or to help your child make a choice.
- Take photos of the different steps involved in daily activities, like packing a back pack, getting dressed in the morning, or a night-time routine. Stick the picture sequence on a wall near where your child does each activity.
- If you would like to learn more about this, please contact a teacher or therapist at LACES, we would love to help you!