Pam Rimmer’s FACTOR Curriculum project was awarded $234.30 for curriculum kits and student booklets for assessing and teaching everyday life skills that need improving. This is an innovative program for special needs students. Over the years OSD has focused on classroom skills, but the need is great in non-academic areas in order to help students be more successful and independent in adult life. There are 14 students at OSD who have been identified as having Autism Spectrum Disorder. 312 OSD classes incorporate life skills into their instruction. This curriculum was first designed to help autistic students, but OSD has found that it helps any student who needs daily tasks broken down into smaller steps and taught in a systematic manner. It helps staff identify student life-skills that need improvement. It provides staff with the tools needed to teach those skills. The goal is for students to develop life skills at school and then transfer those skills to real life situations in their homes, in leisure activities, on the job, etc
Friends of OSD - FOSD
Enhancing the educational experience for OSD students.
Our Mission
The FOSD mission and purpose is to support the enhancement of programs and services for students at OSD beyond the State’s funding responsibility*. The FOSD Board has identified four initiatives for which awards may be granted: education, cultural activities, innovative programs and minor capital improvement projects.
Founded by a small group of dedicated people in 2006, FOSD was established to support the students at the Oregon School for the Deaf (OSD). From that beginning, Friends of OSD has grown into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with an all-volunteer Board of Directors. In 2014, FOSD created an Advisory Council of 15 members.
The Friends of OSD Strategic Plan provides direction as the nonprofit continues to expand. We are proud to say that 95% of all grants and donations go directly to programs that benefit students.
*The State of Oregon is responsible for operating programs and services for the students at the Oregon School for the Deaf (OSD). Federal case law establishes the expectation that special education services provided by a school be reasonably designed to ensure students make progress. Friends of OSD will not replace or supplant the responsibilities of the state.