1. Extended School Year Services
Working with students in the CALS and FALS programs
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Agenda
BCPS ESY Wiki
Instructional recommendations
Curricular resources
Student Specific Materials
Classroom Environment
Prompting
Classroom Management
Case Management and Tips for Success
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3. The Classroom Environment
Session Two
The Classroom Environment
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4. The Many Advantages of Structure
Classroom Environment
Capitalizes on visual strengths of students
Adapts the environment to make it orderly, predictable, and comfortable
Incorporates positive routines, creating predictability and familiarity for students and staff
Increases independence
Facilitates generalization of skills across settings
Teaches framework for expected behaviors in variety of settings and activities
Provide a structure to increase organization of what you are teaching.
Slide: Defining the environment but the people within it. Everyone, students and staff, are looked at as valued, contributing members.
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5. Promotes Student Independence
Routine
Have a standard routine for the child when s/he enters your room
Example: Places book in cubby, places name on At School board, etc.
Promotes Student Independence
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6. Allows for Predictability
Visual Schedule
Have a visual schedule for all aspects of the student’s day.
Minimize changes and transitions.
Allows for Predictability
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Transitions
Use transition cues/supports for activities in the room – checklist, song or music, picture schedule, moving objects.
Provides Consistency
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Advance Warning
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9. Proactive Behavior Management
Focus on what we want the child to do, not what he or she is doing wrong.
Students with autism will have extreme difficulties if they fall into a pattern of negative behavior/performance.
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Event Structures
Clearly defined beginning, middle and end
Logical sequence of steps
Defined turn-taking
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Communication
Allow students to select a Break Card/Pass (w/ visual cues).
Allow students to use a Help Card (w/ visual cues).
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12. More Visual Strategies
Allow students to make choices.
Display Rules or Expectations
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13. Setting Up Work Stations
Set up a clear visual procedure, free from clutter.
System should be simple and always consistent.
Completed work should go in “finished” location.
Great for maintenance skills! Easy way to take data with finished products!
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Benefits
Three important skills taught in this area:
Independence
Concept of “finished”
Cause and effect
Take into account the learning styles of each student
File folder activities, puzzles, task boxes, technology, worksheets
The less worksheets, the better!
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More Work Systems . . .
Incorporate color coded schedule for increased visual clarity as well as matching skills.
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16. More Work Systems . . .
Create a “Work Folder” for older or higher functioning students.
Front of folder shows simple schedule.
Inside contains work tasks and other visual cues.
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Elementary Work System
Tasks
Work Area
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Secondary Work System
File Folders:
Task bin, work area, and finished bin.
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19. Thank You This concludes Session Two
Please continue on to Session Three: Effective Prompting