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Four-year scope & sequence

One connected journey.
Four progressive years.

Across 144 weeks, 24 interdisciplinary units build from belonging and access toward participation, advocacy, leadership, and transition—while keeping communication, academic meaning, and authentic outcomes at the center.

24 interdisciplinary units

Learning organized
around real purpose.

Each program year contains six six-week units. Years describe a teaching sequence—not ability—and may be taught in order, rotated as a four-year cycle, or selected to support an individualized course of study.

Year 1

Connect & Build

Belong, communicate, build learning routines, and participate with support.
01Weeks 1–6

I Belong: Identity & Community

Identity, communication, belonging, and contribution.

Authentic outcome

Create an accessible learner profile and community exhibition or map.

02Weeks 7–12

Healthy, Safe & Ready

Body awareness, healthy choices, safety, and help-seeking.

Authentic outcome

Create a personal health and safety plan and share a wellness demonstration.

03Weeks 13–18

Places, Movement & America

Maps, time, money, transportation, and community movement.

Authentic outcome

Plan and complete or simulate an accessible local journey.

04Weeks 19–24

Living World, Shared Planet

Living things, environments, resources, and responsibility.

Authentic outcome

Complete a growing or care project and environmental action showcase.

05Weeks 25–30

Make, Create & Communicate

Design, science, art, music, drama, and technology.

Authentic outcome

Complete a design-and-make challenge with an accessible presentation.

06Weeks 31–36

My Future: Choice, Work & Independence

Strengths, choices, work, support, and adult-life preparation.

Authentic outcome

Lead a My Journey portfolio, enterprise or work task, and transition presentation.

Year 2

Participate & Use

Use skills in real contexts, increase independence, generalize, and contribute.
07Weeks 1–6

My Voice, My Rights & My Community

Self-expression, rights, responsibilities, and community participation.

Authentic outcome

Use an accessible advocacy product to communicate a community priority.

08Weeks 7–12

Relationships, Wellbeing & Healthy Choices

Relationships, wellbeing, consent, and informed health choices.

Authentic outcome

Create and use a personalized wellbeing and healthy-relationships plan.

09Weeks 13–18

Community Navigation & Civic Life

Travel, public places, services, schedules, and civic participation.

Authentic outcome

Plan and carry out an accessible community participation task.

10Weeks 19–24

Resources, Weather & Sustainable Living

Weather, resources, household decisions, and sustainability.

Authentic outcome

Complete a practical resource-saving project using evidence and data.

11Weeks 25–30

Design, Enterprise & Everyday Technology

Design thinking, enterprise, tools, media, and everyday technology.

Authentic outcome

Design, make, improve, and present a useful product or service.

12Weeks 31–36

Work Habits, Home Life & Community Contribution

Work routines, home responsibilities, teamwork, and contribution.

Authentic outcome

Complete a supported work or home-life project with evidence of contribution.

Year 3

Apply & Advocate

Evaluate information, solve meaningful problems, and advocate with others.
13Weeks 1–6

Identity, Culture & Self-Advocacy

Identity, culture, representation, rights, and self-advocacy.

Authentic outcome

Create and share an accessible self-advocacy or cultural identity project.

14Weeks 7–12

Healthcare, Consent & Personal Safety

Healthcare access, consent, boundaries, risk, and personal safety.

Authentic outcome

Practice and document a personalized healthcare and safety process.

15Weeks 13–18

Travel, Public Services & American Communities

Independent travel, public services, geography, and civic systems.

Authentic outcome

Plan and evaluate a journey that uses community or public services.

16Weeks 19–24

Evidence, Environment & Community Action

Evidence, environmental systems, data, and collective action.

Authentic outcome

Investigate a local issue and contribute to an evidence-informed action.

17Weeks 25–30

Media, Technology & Public Communication

Media literacy, digital tools, audience, and public communication.

Authentic outcome

Create an accessible media product for a real audience and purpose.

18Weeks 31–36

Career Pathways, Money & Adult Services

Career exploration, money decisions, services, and adult-life planning.

Authentic outcome

Build a career and adult-services action plan supported by practical evidence.

Year 4

Direct & Transition

Lead shared work, direct chosen supports, make decisions, and transition across settings.
19Weeks 1–6

My Decisions, My Team & My Voice

Supported decision-making, teams, preferences, rights, and direction.

Authentic outcome

Lead an accessible person-centered planning or decision-making meeting.

20Weeks 7–12

My Health, Relationships & Safety Plan

Coordinated health, relationships, consent, regulation, and safety planning.

Authentic outcome

Create, communicate, and rehearse a personalized adult-life plan.

21Weeks 13–18

My Community, Transportation & Civic Participation

Transportation, public systems, community roles, and civic participation.

Authentic outcome

Complete a supported community journey and meaningful civic action.

22Weeks 19–24

My Home, Resources & Sustainable Independence

Home routines, resources, budgeting, sustainability, and chosen support.

Authentic outcome

Demonstrate a sustainable home-life routine and resource plan.

23Weeks 25–30

My Capstone: Create, Solve & Contribute

Problem solving, creation, collaboration, and contribution.

Authentic outcome

Complete and present a learner-directed capstone for a real audience.

24Weeks 31–36

My Next Chapter: Work, Learning & Adult Life

Work, further learning, services, relationships, and adult-life transition.

Authentic outcome

Lead a transition portfolio and next-steps presentation across settings.

Curriculum at a glance

See the complete
learning journey.

The Four-Year Learning Journey brings the full progression and the three Fluid Journey Routes together on one page. Use it for planning conversations with educators, school leaders, families, and learners.

  • 24 units across 144 weeks and 720 sessions
  • Four progressive program years with flexible entry and pacing
  • Explore & Connect, Build & Use, and Apply & Lead routes
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Make access clear.
Keep expectations high.

The 12-page My Learner Access Passport helps a learner, family, and team record how the learner communicates, responds, regulates, and accesses teaching. Use it to plan access—not to lower expectations.

  • Communication and response methods
  • Environmental and learning conditions
  • Independence, prompting, safety, and regulation
  • Generalization, daily decisions, and team review
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Learning beyond the worksheet

Knowledge connected
to everyday life.

Health, community, navigation, communication, and decision-making come together in authentic situations learners can recognize and use.

Learners using visual supports, AAC, and adapted participation while practicing food safety in a teaching kitchen
Health & daily livingPractice safe routines with real purpose.
Accessible community with a library, shops, health services, public transport, and emergency services
Community participationUnderstand the places and people that support daily life.
Diverse learners planning community journeys with a large map, visual symbols, AAC, a wheelchair, and a white cane
Collaborative planningMake choices, explain routes, and solve problems together.
Learners comparing routes, schedules, money, weather, and accessibility information for a community journey
Transition & independenceBring time, money, access, and judgment into one meaningful task.

Curriculum domains

Disciplinary knowledge.
Connected to life.

Every route protects the essential concept. Access changes; expectations for meaningful participation and growth do not.

01

Communication, literacy & ELA

Build a reliable communication system and use language, symbols, text, and media to understand, connect, create, and advocate.

02

Mathematics & functional numeracy

Understand quantities, relationships, patterns, space, measure, and data—then use mathematics to make decisions in daily and adult life.

03

Science & engineering

Investigate living and physical systems, use evidence, and apply scientific knowledge to health, safety, environment, and design.

04

Social studies, geography, history & civics

Develop place, time, evidence, culture, economics, civic identity, and practical community participation.

05

Health, SEL & relationships

Learn body autonomy, health, emotional capacity, respectful relationships, safety, and informed decision-making.

06

Arts, music, drama & media

Develop technique, imagination, cultural participation, expression, collaboration, critique, and public contribution.

07

Design, technology, food, outdoors & PE

Use tools, movement, practical routines, and outdoor environments to build competence, safety, teamwork, and independence.

08

Transition, career & independent living

Build self-determination and coordinated experience in education, employment, independent living, and community participation.

Six ready-to-teach models

Rigorous concepts.
Three accessible routes.

01

Environmental numbers

Recognize and use numbers that help me act in school or the community.

number · means · find · check
02

Planning an accessible local journey

Use a map, schedule, and safety information to plan how to reach a destination.

route · depart · arrive · accessible
03

What helps a plant grow?

Identify what a plant needs and use evidence from a growing investigation.

need · condition · observe · evidence
04

Consent, boundaries & getting help

Communicate permission or refusal, recognize a boundary, and identify a safe help-seeking action.

consent · boundary · stop · report
05

Design a useful tool

Choose materials, follow a safe design process, and improve a product for a real user.

user · material · criteria · improve
06

Class market

Use money, communication, and checking strategies in a buying or selling task.

price · total · change · receipt

Inside the materials

Visual resources built
for participation.

Every activity protects the learning goal while offering multiple ways to notice, communicate, decide, and act.

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Inclusive classroom activity showing learners using AAC, visual supports, movement, and self-care routines.
Unit 2 · Healthy, Safe & Ready

Body signals & communication

Observe, ask, communicate, and choose a safe next step.

Accessible teaching kitchen with diverse learners using visual supports, AAC, and adapted participation.
Unit 2 · Healthy, Safe & Ready

Healthy, safe routines

Apply health and food-safety learning in an authentic setting.

School help-seeking activity showing learners using speech, AAC, and visual information to decide what support is needed.
Unit 2 · Healthy, Safe & Ready

Judgment & help-seeking

Practice communication, urgency, and asking for the right support.

Selected previews from the Unit 2 Visual Activity Pack. More downloadable examples are available in the free resource library.

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See how the framework
becomes practical teaching.

Explore free visual supports, lesson samplers, literacy and math activities, planning tools, and the interactive Year 1 demonstration.

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