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Report Cards and Assessment in an ABA Classroom

3/13/2015

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or how do you know how to get where you are going if you don't know where you are?

Our first report cards went home in January.  The Calgary Board of Education has just changed its reporting schedule to include two written report cards and two learning conversations with parents.  In our school the learning conversations take place before the report cards.  IPP (Individual Program Plans - which are the same as IEPs) are updated three times per year.  This means that the first IPP update is in December (at about the same time as the Learning Conversation with parents, then a report card, then another IPP update in March, followed by a Learning Conversation and a final IPP update and report card in June.

The schedule looks like this

Sept/October - Meet the teacher/get to know the student and IPP meetings with parents
December - IPP updates and Learning Conversation with parents
January - Report card
end of March/April - IPP update and Learning Conversation with parents
June - IPP update/transition meetings and final report cards.

As I was a new teacher with 3 new students in a new school, it took some time to assess the students and write this year's IPPs.

CBE (Calgary Board of Education) encourages teachers in the CSSI program to use the ABLLS-R and AFLS as an assessment tool.  I have been using the ABLLS since 2007 when I first met its author, Dr. J. Partington at a workshop in Vancouver. 

The ABLLS-R allows me to pinpoint where a learner is and then serves as a curriculum guide to master the language, classroom-readiness, social, academic and self-help skills that most children have when they enter kindergarten.  The skills are arranged into areas and simpler to more complex tasks.  The ABLLS-R provides both the information that we need to develop our IPP goals and tracks the learner's progress.  Although providing a comprehensive ABLLS-R assessment takes more individual time than is possible in a typical classroom setting, we can focus on the areas which are deemed most important by the parents, teacher and school district. 

We take data throughout every day in our classroom.  This means that we have a responsive classroom where we can make decisions to continue or change our own actions depending on student outcomes.   Right now I am in the process of updating IPPs.  April 1 and 2nd I will meet with parents to discuss their child's progress and plan for the third term.  The year is moving very quickly!
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Learning to work in a group setting - Circle Time

3/13/2015

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One important early learner skill is being able to learn as part of a group.  None of our students were able to do this when they started school in September.  Through careful shaping of their behaviour, using prompting and reinforcement, I am thrilled to say that they can now take part in Circle Time.  

Our Circle Time is short and very predictable.  Students check their schedule and find the Circle Time card.  They then bring it and their chair to the Smartboard room and place their card on the Circle Time sign.  Next they push their chairs to the table and sit down.  Easy - not at all.  It has taken months of hard work for all of us.

Next we sing the "Hello" song to each student.  Then, Avery fills out the calendar on the Smartboard while the others watch.  They enjoy hearing the names of the week.  We have a song and activity for about 5 minutes and then close with the "Goodby" song.  Circle Time lasts about 15 minutes altogether.  This is a long time for our little ones to sit, follow directions and pay attention to an adult or screen.

One of our activities has been 5 Green and Speckled Frogs.  I found the Raffi version (my own children's favourite) along with a video.  This day we did some painting.  It was a great success!  I'm particularly thrilled with the interest they showed in each other's painting.

PS - How did they make such great art without getting covered in paint?  I slipped card stock into ziplock bags and then squirted in the paint.  This is also good for students who don't like to touch paint.  These are the best speckled frogs sitting on a log that I have seen!

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Our Swimming program (Warm Water Therapy)

3/10/2015

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Swimming is offered to CSSI classrooms each year.  Although we could have had 12 weeks at the beginning of the year I opted to wait until after Christmas and only attend for six weeks.  There has been some research into the benefits of specific hydrotherapy or swimming programs which shows there could be increased in social responsiveness and fitness.  

When considering whether a program or field trip is useful I always think of the skills that we will be working on.  We missed considerable classroom teaching time to get to and from the pool.  I also needed the support of parents as each child required one-to-one assistance and we were also required to provide a deck person.  Luckily, our parents came through for us!

Beginning February 3rd we travelled by school bus to Ellen Follensbee School.  Ellen Follensbee is a school for children with multiple, complex learning needs.   The school has a warm water therapy pool, change rooms and lots of fun toys and equipment.  Our students wore life jackets and participated in games which helped them feel comfortable in the water and learn to take directions from other adults.  Enjoyable moments were had by all. MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR HARD WORK MAKING THIS A FUN ACTIVITY!  SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PARENTS!
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    This is my fourth year as a District Behaviour Support and Intervention teacher with the New Westminster School District.  My focus is on students who are having serious challenges with self-regulation across many domains - biological, emotional, cognitive,  social and prosocial - at school, at home and in the community.  My role is to provide support to teachers and teams to create an environment for success for the student.

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