The Safe and Productive Internet Life & Literacy Skills (SPILLS) Curriculum
responds to special education teachers’ demands for tools to teach Internet
safety and productivity to students with disabilities, including:
- Developmental and learning disabilities
- Non-verbal learning disability
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Intellectual disability
- Social/emotional disorders
- Mental health disorders
- Cross diagnoses
SPILLS addresses unique student learning needs around
- judgment
- safety
- independence
- appropriate social interaction
- executive functioning
- vulnerability to bullying
- life skills
SPILLS easily integrates into the core curriculum and
- Complies with Illinois State Law (Public Act 095-0869)
- Supports IEP goals
- Supports transition goals
- Supplements use of tablets, iPads and SMART boards
SPILLS provides performance indicators for
- International Educational Technology Standards (ISTE)
- Social Emotional Illinois Learning Standards (SE-ILS)
- Indicator 13 Course of Study Documentation
- JJ’s List Safe Internet Curriculum Standards (SICS)
Contact: [email protected] (ph)847-869-0000.
Our team is here to make it easy for you. Call with any questions.
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Curriculum Contents:
Unit 1 - Personal Responsibility on the Internet
1. On-land and On-line
2. Self-Evaluation On-land and On-line
3. Internet Coach
4. Self-Advocacy
5. Netiquette
Unit 2 – Staying Safe & Smart on the Internet
1. Cyberbullying
2. Sexual Content & Sexual Predators on the Internet
3. Scams
4. What’s Illegal on the Internet
Unit 3 – Using On-Line Life Skills to Support On-Land Life Skills
1. Self-Advocacy with jjslist.com
2. Getting Around Using the goroo.com Trip Planner
3. Learning New Skills with Emoticons & Lingo
4. Building Friendships on Facebook
5. Community, Citizenship and Responsibility
6. Employment and Volunteer Skills
7. Having Fun
8. Taking Care of My Space
9. Taking Care of My Body
10. Being Smart with My Money
11. Self-Organizing and Planning Ahead
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Testimonials:
"The curriculum, where it is headed is exactly what our students need.
Onland/online concept is brilliant and very helpful for our lower functioning
students. Vocabulary is very helpful; our students need these words in their
vocabulary so it is great to teach them this. Teaching SPILLS is absolutely
a great use of instructional time."
- Lisa Vincent, Meghan Kennedy and Annie Slivinski,
Oak Park and River Forest High School
“When you limit access to all that is possible, you’re limiting a lot of the positives
that the Internet can provide. You need to provide education to truly help the
students learn to make the best choices that are appropriate on-land as well
as on-line, which I think the SPILLS curriculum does very nicely.”
- Sally Sover, Executive Director,
The Cove School, Northbrook IL
“This curriculum provides students with disabilities the necessary skills to
access the Internet in a safe and productive manner.”
- Amy Robinson, Transition Teacher,
Northern Suburban Special Education District
“The SPILLS curriculum can be integrated into the core curriculum in any
subject. It provides a systematic, step-by-step, very clear set of guidelines.
When you have something that's so easy to follow, that provides a lot of
comfort for teachers.”
- Dan Polonsky, Dean of Students,
The Cove School, Northbrook, IL
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About Us:
SPILLS is a core part of NO BOUNDARIES - Train For Work, Train For Life, which provides unique on-land and on-line training for teens through adults with disabilities. NO BOUNDARIES is a program of 501(c)3 non-profit organization, Search, Inc.
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