Solving the Puzzle Piece by Piece: Calculating Percentage of Independence to Document Growth in ADLs

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Solving the Puzzle Piece by Piece Calculating
Percentage of Independence to Document Growth in
ADLs Presented to the Texas Council for
Exceptional ChildrenHouston, TXJune 22, 2007

• Jessica B. Dunn, BSE
• Graduate Assistant, Midwestern State University
• Dr. Millie Gore
• Hardin Professor and Graduate Coordinator of
  Special Education
• Midwestern State University

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Why Calculate Percentage of Independence?

• IDEA teacher accountability
• Formative assessment
• Motivational needs
• Difficulty documenting growth in Independent
  Living Skills/ADLs \
• Litigious society

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Why Graph?

• Graphic organizer research
• Formative assessment graphing research
• Extrapolation

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Why Graph Putting Away a Puzzle?

• Importance of Recreation
• Socialization skills
• Enhancement of gross and fine motor skills

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Sample Graph
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Sample Graph with Trend Line
Baseline
Treatment
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Task Analysis

• 1. Break apart puzzle into individual pieces
• 2. Hold box bottom under edge of table
• 3. Push all pieces off into box bottom
• 4. Place box bottom on table
• 5. Place lid on box
• 6. Put box in proper place on game shelf

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Level of Support

• 1 point- Physical Guidance
• 2 points- Modeling
• 3 points- Direct Verbal
• 4 points- Indirect Verbal
• 5 points- Gesture
• 6 points- Natural Cue
• Total number of possible points will be the
  number of steps times 6.

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Calculate Baseline

• Tell student to do the task without your
  intervention
• Score points for whatever student can do
  independently without your instruction
• Continue for three to five days

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Provide Instruction

• Scaffold Have student do what s/he can do
  provide the minimal assistance needed to see that
  the step is completed correctly
• Natural Cue
• Gesture
• Indirect Verbal
• Direct Verbal
• Modeling
• Physical Guidance

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Sample Calculation

• 1. Break apart puzzle into individual
  pieces Model 2 pts
• 2. Hold box bottom under edge of table
  Phys Guidance 1 pt
• 3. Push all pieces off into box bottom
  Direct Verbal 3 pts
• 4. Place box bottom on table Gesture 5
  pts
• 5. Place lid on box Indirect Verbal 4
  pts
• 6. Put box in proper place on game shelf Natural
  Cue 6 pts

21 pts
21/36 58 of Independence
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Comparison of 6 v.4 Pt.
Phys Guidance 1 Phys Guidance 1 Model
2 Model 2 Direct Verbal 3 Verbal
3 Indirect Verbal 4 Verbal 3 Gesture 5 Ve
rbal 3 Natural Cue 6 Natural Cue 4
Shows finer increments of
growth Easier to conduct