Miss Nagle, a first-year teacher, found that some of her biggest behavioral challenges occurred during times when students were expected to work independently. As she attempted to work with individual or small groups of students, she found that many of the students who were expected to work independently had a difficult time getting started on …
Social Narratives: Effective Tools for Students Who Struggle with Leveled Emotionality
Felicia performed well academically and socially when she was in a highly predictable environment and the expectations were clear to her. However, on occasion there was an unexpected “glitch” in Felicia’s day (e.g., arriving at class without the necessary textbook; her pen running out of ink in the middle of taking notes during a lecture; …
Just Take it One Step at a Time
A cognitive script provides the step-by-step guidelines that individuals with EF challenges need to organize and understand new activities and situations.
SLANT = Student Success!
SLANT Strategy Supports Impulse Control Many students are challenged when faced with participating in group lessons, especially when new information is introduced. For students on the autism spectrum, pressure from this type of activity may reduce impulse control or their ability to stop behavior that interferes with learning. Lack of impulse control is typically related …
This is not OK! Learn Self-advocacy Skills
How can you be a self-advocate? Sheree started to shake. Her teacher was putting everyone into groups of four for the science project and she felt like she wanted to scream. Science was her favorite subject and she was excited about her idea to measure bacteria in different kinds of ice. But what if the …