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Social Skills - Pre-Basic Level
Attend to Group Instruction and Follow Group Activities/Routines
Pre-Basic Level
Melissa Riley
- Description of Skill - Student is able to remain in classroom during instructional period without being disruptive.
- Examples of what the skill looks like -
- While teacher is reading a book, Sarah is wandering around the classroom
- During an instructional lesson, David sits in back of room coloring at art table
- Skill Sequence
- Demonstrate examples and non examples of inside and outside of classroom
- Student practices and demonstrates examples of inside and outside of classroom
- Student is taught acceptable alternatives to sitting with group
Lesson Plan
- Student Outcomes - At the end of this lesson, in a variety of situations and settings, the student(s) will be able to:
- Remain in the classroom during instruction and other class activities.
- Student may wander or engage in alternative activities without disrupting the learning of others.
- Student may or may not participate with the group
- Materials -
- In a regular classroom
- Book
- List of possible motivators
- Access to independent activities such as: coloring materials, paper, etc.
- Without and with peers
Teaching Format
- Introduce the skill - Discuss situations when the skill is necessary and encourage student to give examples too. Visit regular classrooms to observe how other children "stay" in their classrooms. Give examples and non-examples of what staying in the classroom quietly looks like
- Teach the skill - Teach students rules around asking to play. For example: 1)Find a friend 2)Look at them and ask 3)Wait for an answer.
- Model -
- Give examples and non-examples of being in the classroom. "I am standing in the classroom." Go outside of class-"I am standing outside of the classroom."
- Teacher explicitly teaches and models alternative options to group activities to encourage student to remain in classroom without disturbing others. Examples: Coloring or drawing at table in back of room. Holding a favorite toy or item. Reading a book outside of group. Wandering in an acceptable and predetermined area. **Individual teachers will determine what alternative activities are acceptable.
- Develop menu of independent and motivating activities to hold student’s interest
- Role-play for practice -
- Student pretends to be a teacher reading a book to class. Teacher models staying in the classroom and demonstrates alternate activity.
- Teacher reads a book to class. Student practices alternate activity.
- Skill maintenance/Generalization Activities (identify real-life situations to apply the skill) -
- Teacher prompts student to choose alternate activity prior to beginning of lesson
- Teacher documents when student demonstrates alternative activity with and without prompts. ****Prompts can be verbal or visual****
- Teacher needs to set up reinforcement schedule (time intervals dependent on the student) for student to continue desired behavior.
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