2017-558-E Finance - Voices Together - Outside Agency Performance Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 571863E8-F892-43F0-B73F-4AB062ACBOBF XHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION problems, and adapting to the complex demands of growth and development. Numerous research studies have shown that: • Students who are more self-aware and confident about their learning capacities try harder and persist in the face of challenges (Durlak et al., 2011). • Students who have self-discipline motivate themselves, manage stress, and organize their approach to work, learn more, and get better grades. • Students who use problem-solving skills to overcome obstacles and make responsible decisions about studying and completing homework perform better academically (Durlak et al., 2011). As these students age out of the public schools, their ability to find jobs and keep those jobs can depend on their ability to work with others, express their needs and wants, understand their strengths and challenges and self-manage themselves. Our program addresses all of these areas and gives each student a safe and motivating space to learn and practice these skills, ultimately leading to self-advocacy and more independence in their lives. Voices Together in Education has the following SMART goals for each classroom that we work with: • Provide weekly Voices Together music therapy sessions for students in selected Exceptional Children's classrooms resulting in an increase in students' verbal language and speech skills. We will administer pre-test and post-tests to teachers to measure the success of the objectives. • Voices Together will promote learning in classrooms receiving weekly music therapy sessions by working to increase a student's ability to remain seated and engaged in a group setting and teach positive coping skills students can use that will decrease the number of emotional or physical outbursts. We will administer pre-test and post- tests to teachers to measure the success of the objectives. • Voices Together will support the development of student's communication and social skills by increasing their ability to initiate conversation, speak so others can understand them, and engage in active listening. We will administer pre-test and post-tests to teachers to measure the success of the objectives. Approximately 100 more students with developmental challenges have been able to participate in this program and gain lifetime skills because of previous Orange County Outside Agency funding. While offering this program to the students in classrooms, this program has also benefitted teachers as our music therapists work closely with them. Teachers have learned new strategies, ideas, and teaching structures from our weekly DO NOT SUBMIT THIS PAGE 1/26/2017 11:10:15 AMII'age 19 •r 31