1. Where Are We Now? Elementary Point Person Training April 24, 2013
Sabrina Beaudry & Pam Leonard

2. Today We Will:
Discuss your action plans and reflect on how they have contributed to a paradigm shift in your buildings.

3. What does “Paradigm” Mean?:
Something that serves as a pattern or model
The lens through which we see the world

4. The paradigm of how we see educating students with ASD:
It is shaped by:
Assumptions
Ideas or concepts
Beliefs and values
Current practices
In other words
It is your perspective!

5. What to do with our Paradigms?
Be aware of them
Take responsibilities of them, examine them, test them against reality
Listen to others, be open to their perspectives
Get the large picture

6. Paradigm Shift: Changing one way of thinking to another

7. Have you had a paradigm shift about educating students with ASD?

8. Count off by five’s
In your group, list paradigm shifts that have happened to you
Report those out to the whole group

9. Our list of paradigm shifts:

10. Do you think a paradigm shift has happened in your school ?

11. How do you feel your action plans have facilitated the paradigm shifts
Get in your groups according to action plan theme
Each group reflect & discuss how your action plan has impacted a paradigm shift in your building
List your plan and the shift you have seen
Report to whole group

12. Action Plan Themes:
Increasing Peer Knowledge- Autism Specific Training
Increasing Visual Supports in Environment
Staff Training
Transition Supports
Playground/Recess Supports and Peer Training
TA Training/ System of observing TA’s/ System of monitoring TA’s use of supports and strategies
Training for building support staff- Cafeteria Staff training/ Secretary training
 Develop a tool for peer review
Increasing use of student supports across environments
Training of new staff
Increasing knowledge in AAC
Improve family- friendliness of IEP mtgs.

13. Our list of building paradigm shifts:

14. Were there any barriers in implementing your action plan?

15. Our list of barriers

16. Barriers
Resistance to change

17. List Barriers & Identify Reasons that a Barrier Might Be Present:
OPTIONS

18. Brainstorm Options of How to Break Barriers:
REASON
OPTIONS

19. As Point Person…
What is your next step?