Learning Environment
Classrooms have clearly defined areas to promote understanding of expectations. This area is for learning how to self-regulate.
What is the calming corner, chill zone or reset spot.
Class schedules provide predictability and decrease stress. Teachers should refer to them at the beginning of the day, referred to as priming, and as each part of the routine is completed. This is one example of how a teacher might indicate completion.
What is turn the schedule page over, OR remove the schedule page and put it in a basket/pocket OR move an arrow along OR place a check mark next to the schedule page. Any creative, viable idea is acceptable.
A first/then board must always have a non-preferred activity first and then followed by a preferred, reinforcing activity. True or False?
What is false?
As a an example, two highly preferred activities may be located on the first/then board when introducing and teaching the meaning of the strategy.
The words that are most frequently used words in conversation.
What is core vocabulary words?
Executive functioning skills develop at this time in a student's life.
What is early adulthood?
Classrooms have clearly defined areas to promote understanding of expectations. This area is direct instruction with one or two students.
What is the "work with teacher" or "one to one" area?
Class schedules should be located at this level.
What is "eye level" or "child level"?
Three types of positive reinforcement.
What is social reinforcer, tangible reinforcer and activity reinforcer?
These word are more situation specific such as nouns, verbs, and more special adjectives.
What is fringe vocabulary?
Pretend play contributes significantly to this brain thing.
What is executive functioning skills.
Classrooms have clearly defined areas to promote understanding of expectations. This area is for students to work independently with less social and cognitive stressors.
What is the "work alone" or "independent" area?
This is one way that teachers can ensure the class schedule will be referred to consistently while also meeting a student's need for greater structure.
What is give a student the class job of managing the class schedule as activities are completed.
A checklist is a task analysis to break activities into smaller chunks, making it feel more doable. Therefore, a checklist can be an effective antecedent based intervention for this specific behavior in academic settings.
What is work avoidance or task avoidance?
The prerequisites before moving toward recommending an AAC device.
What is this is a trick question. There are NO prerequisites.
3 considerations when adults respond to students when they are dysregulated.
What is regulate, relate and reason?
Classrooms have clearly defined areas to promote understanding of expectations. This area is set up to provide positive reinforcement, meet sensory needs, and a place for highly preferred activities.
What is the break area?
For students that need additional structure, an individual schedule can be developed and personalized by incorporating this.
What are student interests, favorite characters or preferred activities?
Social narratives are positive and personalized strategies to celebrate students and teach desired behaviors. This is a similar strategy that is more brief, often on the front and back of one page, and includes a highly preferred character or thing.
What is a Power Card?
The age or grade level when communication low, mid or high tech communication tools are introduced.
What is this is another trick question. There is no set age or grade level and we start as early as possible and it is never too late for older students.
The amygdala can trigger these responses.
What is fight, flight, freeze or fawn?
Clutter in a classroom can impact certain levels of this hormone.
What is cortisol?
Individual schedules can be portable or wall based depending on the student's needs. If the student continues to struggles with transitions, the team may consider adding this highly specific strategy.
What is a "transition marker" or "transition stick"?
This is a positive visual strategy that teaches emotions and self-awareness to promote self-regulation by including calming strategies/activities.
What is a "feelings chart" or "emotion board/choice board"?
When teaching the meaning and use of low, mid or high tech communication tools, staff and parents should begin with this strategy.
What is modeling?
Sensory overload happens when one is getting more input from their five senses than their brain can sort through and process. Sensory overload can potentially cause increased stress and anxiety. It is important to consult with others with expertise in this area and knowledge of the individual. This is one expert in this area in schools.
Who is Occupational Therapist?