Autism

This video shows one educator sharing how she uses a task analysis data collection form. This form is intended for use by teachers, paraprofessionals, and other service providers collecting data for student Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals and baseline data to determine a need for new/updated IEP goals or behavior intervention.  

Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence (A-B-C) data collection serves to identify the antecedents (A) that set the stage for or trigger problem behavior (B) to occur and the consequences (C) that appear to maintain that behavior. Typically, this data is collected over multiple sessions and is used to identify patterns and functions of behavior.

A way for a student to request a break from an activity, task, or person.

Signals “I need help” allowing a student to initiate adult interaction in order to get needs met.

A cue card that has a “my turn” visual.

This video shows one educator sharing how she uses the strategy of recasting to model articulation, grammar, and vocabulary. Recasting is repeating what a student says with an expansion as a means of giving implicit and direct feedback. It promotes using complete and grammatically correct sentences

Verbal redirection is a technique to guide students back to the task at hand when they become distracted or off task.