SPECIAL SESSION: Interactive Workshop: Using Precision Teaching for Students with ASD -limited to 25 participants.

THIS SESSION IS FROM 10:15AM-3:15PM (with lunch break 11:30am-1:00pm) FRIDAY.

It is an interactive workshop. Participants are required to participate.

It is LIMITED TO 25 PARTICIPANTS. IF YOU REGISTER YOU MUST ATTEND!  This session is Track B for Friday. This session is Track B for Friday. You have the ability to attend the Friday Keynote, this session and any HISPA sessions after 3:15pm, or just this workshop on Friday. All other Friday sessions are under Track A.

Please do not take the space from someone who really needs this session.

Precision Teaching, or PT, is a behavioral approach to basic skill development that can be used very productively with learners who have autism.  Children with autism tend to have a wide and varied skill profile, and they often tend to learn in ways that are not typical.  It can be very difficult for a teacher to assess the skill level of the child and determine how they are responding to instruction. PT can help. 

Precision teaching operates on the notion that the “learner knows best.” This means that if instructional conditions are suitable for students, they will learn; if they’re not right, they will not.   Segments of the curriculum are formatted into academic probes or task sheets, and the student is directly assessed on their performance in 1-minute timings. Corrects and errors are recorded and plotted on a standardized chart.  The chart allows the teacher to quickly calculate the rate of growth and changes in learning.  The teacher then provides instruction informed by the level and nature of student performance.  The next day, the teacher assesses the student again on the same material. While the process is called precision teaching, PT is much more about precision monitoring of student learning. 

*This session is limited to 25 participants. This session is Track B for Friday. This session is Track B for Friday. You have the ability to attend the Friday Keynote, this session and any HISPA sessions after 3:15pm, or just this workshop on Friday. All other Friday sessions are under Track A.

Objectives

1. Interpret how precision teaching is done.
2. Use in a Florida classroom for students with autism.
3. Recognize how a teacher can implement PT and rely on paraprofessionals and possibly RBTs to help carry out the daily instructional activities.

Speakers