Environment: Self Contained

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Environment Self Contained

• ED 571 School and Home-Based Programs for
  Children with Autism

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School-Based Program
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Classroom Set up

• NO CUBBIES
• Why not?
• How should the classroom look?
• Where do you keep student materials? Reinforcers?

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Organization of Materials
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Organization of Materials
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Pasting Shapes using an Activity Schedule
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Letter Matching/Identification
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Making a Model from Duplos Using an Activity
Schedule
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Audio Prompts Embedded in an Activity Schedule
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Creating a Data Sheet

• Select 30-40 programs from goals objectives
  across all skill domains (majority of programs
  will be language based)
• See goals and obj short and long version
• Divide into 30 minute sessions across all
  instructors in class
• One 30 minute session (9-10 sessions per day)
• 2-3 programs taught with incidental teaching
• 3-4 programs taught using other teaching
  procedures

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Creating a Data Sheet

• Skill Acquisition Programs that should only be
  taught by the same instructor
• those involving initial acquisition of
  discrimination (sets)
• shaping
• complex prompt fading procedures
• Skill Acquisition Programs that should be taught
  by all instructors
• those in which you are programming for
  generalization with multiple staff
• child initiated programs
• programs that need quick acquisition

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Creating a Data Sheet

• Organize data sheet by session
• View data sheet
• Data sheet can be kept
• In a binder
• On a clipboard
• Data sheet can be printed
• Daily
• Monthly

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Creating a Summary Sheet

• The data notebook is an essential tool
• Sometimes you might want a quick view of the
  students progress, hence the creation of the
  summary sheet
• View summary sheet

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Creating a program tracking sheet

• Need to ensure that programs are tracked from
  teacher to teacher and grade level to grade level
• See program summary sheet

Skill Domain Programs Mastered Current Programs Future Programs
Expressive Language
Spontaneous Requesting Pol/Pos Language Gestures
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Creating a Rotation Schedule

• Put up on wall or on the students clip boards
• However it is easier to quickly change when staff
  are absent, school visits, related service etc.
• See sample schedule

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Creating a Master Schedule

• Overview of all staff and programs with all
  students in classroom
• See sample master schedule

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Creating Consultant Schedule

• Make the best use of your consultants time, think
  ahead where you want them to help
• See sample schedule
• When consultant comes which staff members should
  they be with?

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Systems

• Several systems you want to put in place
• Form for teacher consultant when child is not
  making progress (2 data pts) and training is
  needed
• Form for teacher/consultant when child needs new
  set
• Anticipate this and make in advance so te child
  is not waiting

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Additional Concerns for Classroom Make Up and
Scheduling

• What should your ratio of student to instructor
  be?
• Advantages Disadvantage?
• What should your ratio of staff trainer to
  instructor be?
• Advantages disadvantages

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Classroom Make Up and Scheduling Issues

• How often should students rotate teachers?
• How do you decide student classroom assignments?
• Peers?
• How about staff classroom assignments?
• When do you tell staff? Teachers?

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Home-Based Program
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Home Set up

• NOT in Basement
• NOT in bedroom
• Why not?
• How do you set up the house?
• Where do you keep student materials? Reinforcers?
• What about parental involvement session to
  session?

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Organization of Materials
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Organization of Materials
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Creating a Data Sheet

• Select 30-40 programs from goals objectives
  across all skill domains (majority of programs
  will be language based)
• Divide into 2 hour sessions across all
  instructors in home program
• One 2-hour session minute session (2-3 sessions
  per day)
• 6-9 programs taught with incidental teaching
• 9-12 programs taught using other teaching
  procedures
• Dont forget community-based stuff

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Creating a Data Sheet

• Skill Acquisition Programs that should only be
  taught by the same instructor
• those involving initial acquisition of
  discrimination (sets)
• shaping
• complex prompt fading procedures
• Skill Acquisition Programs that should be taught
  by all instructors
• those in which you are programming for
  generalization with multiple staff
• child initiated programs
• programs that need quick acquisition

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Creating a Data Sheet

• Organize data sheet by session
• View data sheet
• Data sheet can be kept
• In a binder
• On a clipboard
• Data sheet can be printed
• Daily
• Monthly

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Creating a Summary Sheet

• The data notebook is an essential tool
• Sometimes you might want a quick view of the
  students progress, hence the creation of the
  summary sheet
• View summary sheet

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Creating a program tracking sheet

• Need to ensure that programs are tracked from
  year to year

Skill Domain Programs Mastered Current Programs Future Programs
Expressive Language
Spontaneous Requesting Pol/Pos Language Gestures
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Creating a Schedule of Sessions

• Post and e-mail to all
• See sample home schedule

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Creating a Master Schedule

• Overview of all staff and programs with student
• See sample master schedule

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Creating Consultant Schedule

• Consultant should make a schedule when they will
  be training with each staff member
• Should train once a week with each staff member
• Should staff member know ahead of time or not?
• Think of training staff to be trainers

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Systems

• Not necessary in home program
• Because consultant is across all sessions weekly,
  they are well informed which sets need to be
  updated and who needs additional training