1. Increasing Participation of Middle School Students with Significant Disabilities in Grade-Appropriate Literacy Lessons Diane Browder, Ph.D., Katherine Trela,M.S., & Bree Jimenez,M.Ed. 2006 University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2. Focus on Literacy National Institute for Literacy (2001) highlighted the need to strengthen reading instruction in schools “so that all Americans can develop the literacy skills they need to succeed at work, at home, and in the community”

3. Focus on Accountability Federal mandates to ensure all students –Access evidence-based instruction in general education curriculum –Participate in statewide assessments to measure progress in general education curriculum (No Child Left Behind, 2001; Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act, 2004)

4. Components of Effective Reading Instruction –Put Reading First, The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read summarizes the research on effective reading instruction in five areas : phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension (National Institute for Literacy, 2001)

5. Reading Instruction for Students with Significant Disabilities Most research has been on sight word instruction (Browder & Xin, 1998; Al Otaiba & Hosp, 2004) Some research has shown positive effects for phonological awareness training (O’Connor, Jenkins, Leicester, & Slocum, 1993; O’Connor, Jenkins, & Slocum, 1995; O’Connor, Notari- Syverson, & Vadasy, 1996) Recent review of literature showed no studies demonstrated a longitudinal approach to reading and all targeted only one or two components of reading. (Browder, Wakeman, Spooner, Algrim-Delzell, & Algozzine, 2006)

6. Teaching Reading to Students with Significant Disabilities Reading intervention needed that: –Includes all components of reading instruction –Uses grade-appropriate literature to access general curriculum –Promotes acquisition of literacy skills –Assesses acquisition of early literacy skills

7. Purpose To examine the effects of training teachers to use a literacy lesson plan based on NRP components of reading and self- monitor literacy instruction

8. Research Questions a) What is the effect of the use of self monitoring and a lesson template in teachers’ use of components of reading to teach grade- appropriate literature to students with significant cognitive disabilities? b) What is the effect of teachers’ training in the components of reading following the template on student’s emergent literacy skills?

9. Design, Participants, & Setting Multiple probe across participants 5 teachers of students with significant disabilities 10 students:2 students selected by each teacher (2 students with autism, 6 students with severe MR, 2 students with moderate MR) 3 Language Arts Teachers 3 self-contained classrooms in public middle schools 2 classrooms in separate school

10. Materials Literacy Lesson Task Analysis Steps addressed the NRP’s 5 Components of Reading : Phonemic Awareness Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Student Response Checklist –Observed emergent literacy behaviors (prompted and independent): Point to text

11. Student Response Checklist (cont’d) –Observed emergent literacy behaviors: Read repeated story line Turn page at appropriate time Respond to literal comprehension questions Respond to inferential comprehension questions Make predictions Identify letters and letter sounds Blend sounds to make words Identify meaning of a vocabulary word

12. I. OPENING: All students. ____ 1. Attention grabber activity : Sensory stimulation (AVTKGO*) Description * Auditory, Visual, Tactile, Kinesthetic, Gustatory (taste), Olfactory II. WORD STUDY : Words taught in isolation and identified explicitly as target vocabulary. Target Vocabulary: Time Delay Student:Response mode: ____2. Teacher says vocabulary word and gives student an opportunity to repeat. (0 delay) ____3. Give student opportunity to say or recognize vocabulary word.(Wait #sec for response; may repeat) Target Sound/s Time Delay Student:Response mode: ____4. Teacher says letter sound and gives student an opportunity to repeat. (0 delay) ____5. Give student opportunity to say or recognize letter sound. (Wait #sec for response;may repeat) III. TEXT AWARENESS ____6. Teacher reads title. ____ 7. Give each student an opportunity to point to/say title on own book or checks for group to respond. ____8. Teacher reads author’s name. ____9. Gives each student an opportunity to say/point to author’s name on own book or checks for group to respond. ___ 10. Teacher models opening book. ___ 11 Gives each student an opportunity to open own book (1)without being told, then (2) prompts as necessary ___ 12. Teacher asks prediction question. ___13. Gives each student an opportunity to answer prediction question. Task Analysis:Literacy Lesson

13. Reading the Chapter Read aloud pages: ___14.Teacher reads 1 or more pages aloud to get story started. (Read aloud only pages:___________OR may read aloud entire chapter, then go back to do the following:) Review last page read to practice text-point: ___15. Teacher points to each word in chosen sentence while reading aloud on “text point page.” ___16. Gives each student an opportunity to point to chosen line on “text point page” in own book. Identify vocabulary in context: ___17. Teacher reads vocabulary in context.. ___18. Teacher points out (points physically or draws attention to) vocabulary word in context. ___19. Gives students opportunity to point to/ say vocabulary word. Throughout the story, teacher will: ___ 20. Give students an opportunity to anticipate repeated story line. ____21. Give students an opportunity to imitate repeated story line. ___ 22.Give students an opportunity to anticipate turning page without being told. ____23. Give students an opportunity to turn own page/ask for help to stay on same page with teacher. IV. COMPREHENSION ____24. Teacher asks comprehension question of each student at end OR throughout story. ____25 Gives opportunity for student to answer comprehension question providing scaffolding as necessary to get answer. #Text-Related Literal Inference #Non-Text Related Literal Inference Thank you for teaching this lesson…remember to praise your students’ effort, too!

14. Materials (cont’d) Grade-appropriate Literature: –Chosen from school district’s list of recommended supplemental reading –Adapted to Support Emergent Literacy Skills Chapters summarized & re-written at Grade 2-3 listening comprehension level Repeated story line on each page-change with each chapter to support main idea Picture symbols to support key vocabulary (character names, places, events, emotions, important details) Books provided to each student and overhead copy

15. Procedure Pre-baseline: –Teachers asked to “Show us a literacy lesson” –TA & Student Response Form used to observe Teacher & Student Behaviors 1 st General Workshop: –All teachers attended (i.e., Special and General Education Teachers) –Overview of study –Collaborative planning session –Received first adapted book (Call of the Wild by Jack London)

16. Procedure (cont’d) Baseline : –Teachers asked to “Show us a literacy lesson using the adapted book” –Additional observation point for Teacher 2 (used adapted story from previous year’s study) Intervention: –1 st Teacher enters intervention-self selected to accommodate teaching schedule –Training site: chosen by teacher (school’s conference room) –Substitute provided with project funds –Trainers explain & demonstrate each step of TA –Trainers role play entire lesson, using TA to self-monitor, teacher observes, compare observations –Teacher role plays entire lesson, uses TA to self-monitor,trainers observe, compare observations

17. Procedure (Cont’d) Post-Intervention –Teachers continue to receive new titles (1 book / month) –Observations for 2 weeks immediately following training –Teacher & Observer compared observation & self-monitoring checklist after each visit Maintenance –Observations before each new teacher entered training

18. Results Functional relationship indicated between training in use of Literacy Lesson TA (with self-monitoring) and number of steps followed in lesson plan delivery Functional relationship indicated between teacher training and: –Increase in overall student responses, with Decrease in prompted responses Increase in independent responses

19. Teacher Behaviors Teacher 1 Teacher 2 Teacher 3 BaselineInterventionMaintenance

20. Teacher 1 : Student Responses

21. Independent vs. Prompted Ann Total Responses Independent vs. Prompted Teacher 2: Student Responses

22. Cheryl Total Responses Independent vs. Prompted Sam Total Responses Independent vs. Prompted Teacher 3 : Student Responses

23. Interrater Reliability IRR recorded for 38% of lessons Teacher behaviors: –Between researchers: 97% –Between teachers & observers: 98% Student responses: –Between researchers: 94%

24. Social Validity Teacher Intervention Rating Profile –Teachers agreed that intervention was fair, practical, and would recommend to other teachers. –Most useful component/s: Task Analysis & Adapted Books Teachers had little previous training in teaching reading –Least useful: collaborative planning materials Teachers reported lack of common planning time to work with general education teacher

25. Limitations Small sample size Lessons delivered in self-contained setting Few opportunities for special education and general education teachers to collaborate Adapting books is labor-intensive; may not be practical for teachers to do on their own

26. Implications for Research Systematic replication in other locations Instructional delivery to groups of students Instruction in general education classroom Examine use of task analysis with self- monitoring to teach other subject areas (e.g., science, math)

27. Implications for Practice Staff development for administrators to support collaborative planning for special and general education teachers Parent & sibling workshops to encourage literacy behaviors at home Enlist support of peers to adapt and produce grade-appropriate books

28. Summary Evidence for teacher training that includes –Background information (e.g., 5 components of reading, systematic instruction techniques) –Task analytic instruction Evidence for supporting student participation with –Adapted grade-appropriate materials –Increased opportunities to respond

29. Next Steps District-wide teacher training in use of lesson plan and adapting books Post adapted books on website Work with Parent Advocacy Center to train parents in use of story-based lessons using adapted grade-appropriate literature