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Click to enlargepadAbove and Beyond with Digi-Block Mathematics

A Base-10 Mathematics Program for Learners with Significant Cognitive Disabilities


Above & Beyond with Digi-Block Mathematics empowers special needs learners to achieve the unimaginable!

Finally, there is a mathematics program written specifically for cognitively disabled students. Above & Beyond addresses the unique learning needs of this special population. No longer must teachers search for appropriate instructional materials, settle for commercially modified programs originally written for students in regular education or rewrite curricula designed for others. Above & Beyond answers the clarion call with a coherent, engaging and mathematically sound curriculum that teaches number sense, arithmetic operations and facility with money.



Above & Beyond brings true mathematical understanding and functionality to students with significant cognitive disabilities so that . . .
    1. their mathematics performance greatly exceeds conventional expectations,
    2. they experience joy in learning and pride in accomplishment,
    3. they have increased opportunities for independence in their adult lives, and
    4. their potential for significant learning is recognized and fostered by the education community.




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Above and Beyond with Digi-Block Mathematics Complete Setpad
This complete set offers the entire five unit Above & Beyond Curriculum with Digi-Block Materials for working with up to 12 students.
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Above & Beyond with Digi-Block Mathematics Beginning Set Apad
Units 1 and 2 teach concepts and skills within the number set 0 to 10. These units are an appropriate beginning for students who have not yet learned to count objects using one-to-one correspondence.

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Above & Beyond with Digi-Block Mathematics Beginning Set Bpad
Unit 1-2 FastTrack is an adaptation of Units 1 and 2 for students who can:
    - already count objects to 10
    - write, understand and recognize numerals 0 to 10
    - understand the concepts "more" and "less"

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Above & Beyond with Digi-Block Mathematics Intermediate Setpad
Unit 3 strategically uses the foundation of Units 1 and 2 to teach place value and operations with whole numbers beyond 10. Unit 4 follows with teaching decimals in the context of facility with money.

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