Goals
Collaboration
Design
Problem Solving
Inquiry
Select a team for collaboration
Select team members based on the student's need
Team members selected are based on the student's needs
SLP for language, OT for motor skills, BCBA for behaviour
Direct Instruction vs. Independent Instruction
Direct Instruction provide the student with solutions to problems which helps him/her understand the problem
Teacher direction results in an inability to solve problems independently.
Provide opportunity for student to complete some problems independently without teacher direction.
Summary
Every student is unique
The same technique will not work with every student
Learning additional skills through conferences and webinars are crucial to expand skills repetoire
Final Point
ABA therapy promotes socially acceptable behaviours. However, the therapy often creates a rote responder and does not provide the opportunity for critical thinking. A combination of direct instruction and open ended instruction is the best approach to provide a student with the opportunity to solve problems.
Traditional ABA therapy provides solutions not questions
The student becomes a responder.
Provide student with choices to solve the problem on his/her own
Student is not provided with the opportunity to ask questions to solve problems