Writing and reading are related processes. Engaging in one enhances the development of the other (Langer & Flihan, 2000). Consider the following suggestions for writing instruction. Stages of Writing. Make Writing Accessible. Write Every Day. Why should we teach writing skills to students with intellectual disabilities? Research At times, we may be tempted to… Read More The Right To Write
Tactics For Your Toolkit: Embedded Instruction
Rather than providing instruction in an isolated and discrete manner, embedded instruction maximizes children’s motivation by following their interests, and promotes generalization and maintenance by providing instruction within and across activities, routines, and transitions. Research Embedding instruction on individual goals into typically occurring activities and routines is a recommended and evidence-based approach to providing… Read More Tactics For Your Toolkit: Embedded Instruction
Verbal Behavior Approach: Using Motivation And Reinforcement
The goal of any good ABA/VB program is to identify the child’s naturally occurring motivation, capture it, and use it to help him learn. In doing so, we can begin to add new, more typical or appropriate desires to his list of motivating items while making his less appropriate motivators less important to him. … Read More Verbal Behavior Approach: Using Motivation And Reinforcement
Applying Research To Your Classroom
It is well understood that there is a critical connection between educational research, classroom practice, and student achievement. The challenge frequently is transferring research into classroom practice. In this issue and future issues of the T-TAC Network News, you will find practical ideas for classroom implementation and resources to assist you in utilizing practices that… Read More Applying Research To Your Classroom
Academic Standards or Functional Skills: Why Not Both?
Many commonly-taught functional skills can be easily paired with an existing Aligned Standard of Learning(ASOL). It is generally accepted that there is a link between life skills acquisition and life quality. It makes sense to teach academics and functional skills to students with significant intellectual disabilities. But how? And when? . Research What constitutes… Read More Academic Standards or Functional Skills: Why Not Both?
GO(e)s with Writing
One of the most important steps in the writing process is the organizing or prewriting step, yet it can be problematic for some students. When you consider the importance of non-linguistic representation, the use of graphic organizers (GO) can be key to helping students produce good writing. Research One of the most important steps… Read More GO(e)s with Writing
TACtics for your Toolkit: Making Sense of a Curriculum Framework
A curriculum framework, however, represents a structure for classifying and organizing the many elements and processes involved in creating learning opportunities for young children. It serves as an underlying foundation from which all practices related to children’s learning and development are identified, implemented and evaluated. A curriculum, as many of us understand it, is… Read More TACtics for your Toolkit: Making Sense of a Curriculum Framework
