early literacy skills for students with multiple disabilities & challenging behaviors
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Early Literacy Skills for Students with Multiple Disabilities & Challenging Behaviors
Presenters: Roxanna Pena Special Education TeacherLupe Arellano Teacher of the Visually Impaired
Our Philosophy of Education
• All children CAN LEARN regardless of their exceptional differences, it’s up to us to make a difference.
Presenter Experience• Roxanna Peña
11 yrs experience in the field of ed.• 5 yrs Infant Family Specialist @ JBA• 6 yrs Classroom Special Education
Teacher in K-1 SDC setting in TCUSD
Presenter Experience• Lupe Arellano
• 6 yrs in the field of education• 1 year in General Education Pre-School
Setting• 5 years Infant Family Specialist @ JBA• Overlapping with JBA -3 years TVI
Itinerant with Foothill SELPA covering 3 districts (La Canada, Glendale and Burbank)
Miguel• 9 years old • Diagnosis: Retinopathy of Prematurity • Stage V in both eyes (Retinal
Detachment)• Autism
Miguel• Behaviors: stimming, echolalia, minor
aggressive behaviors• Lacks motivation• Excellent O&M skills• Good fine motor skills• Minimal tactile defensiveness • Demonstrates in consistent receptive and
expressive language abilities
Miguel in the past• Not willing to touch braille-pushed it
away• Consider the Perkins Brailler a “toy”-he
would pound on the keys• He would not allow hand-over-hand
Miguel• Set routine
– Greeting– Clear short Directions
• Going to work on….• Go to go…
– Lesson– Repeatedly use verbal reminders of what
will come next in order to increase student anticipation and lessen anxiety.
Present Miguel• Allows hand-over-hand• Willing to “touch” braille and track rows
of braille • He enjoys books and follows along with
a brailled copy • Will search for a requested letter within a
row of brailled dots• Can braille the letter “A” independently
Miguel reading• Video
Miguel writing• Video
Aine• Seven year old girl• Post hemisphorectomy patient• Diagnosed: CVI, seizure disorder, dysarthria• Limited expressive language (approx. 10 words, use of one
hand gestures, vocalization, and use of communication device (dynovox minimo) with auditory scanning ability
• Has extensive receptive language • Setting: SDC classroom setting with support services in OT,
PT, SLP, TVI &augmentative communication therapy
Instructional Strategies• Simple, explicit, and repetitive directions• Consistency in vocabulary use and presentation of
materials • Key word use: First … and then…• Follow through with what the lesson expectation is• Frequent breaks to maintain focus• Positive reinforcement and encouragement, set
boundaries, acknowledgement of what else is going on with the child, and work on building a positive self-concept (not learned-helplessness)
Continue instructional strategies• Provide student ample time to process
directions or requests through intentional pauses
• Use of verbal and auditory directions• Use student name frequently when giving
directions or requesting (items or actions from the student)
• Teaching student by have them complete tasks (with or without assistance) repeatedly to ensure memorization and learned skills
Challenging Behaviors• Throwing items then secure items down (velcro, slip
mats, slant board, clip boards, etc.)• Screaming and hitting then follow through with
behavior management that has been decided on by the team or figure out what else is going on with the student (all behaviors are a form of communication)
• Breaking behavior cycles and not setting student up for failure
Useful Classroom Tools• Tactile schedule• Braille labels on print (ei. red on yellow) placed on
personal and classroom items• Home made tactile and braille books• Timer (to designate specific amount of time for work or
breaks)• Tracing wheel, tactile stickers, wikki stixs, foam
stickers• Structured classroom routine and student schedule for
the purpose of predictability and consistentcy
Hands-on Activity• Materials• Regular classroom worksheets• Adaptation Materials• Tactile Stickers• Tracing wheel• (Discuss poster board)
We thank you for your time.Questions & Answers
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