SAGE Journal Articles
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Learning Objective: What practices can be used to foster student relationships and communication?
How does the article support the learning objective? This article will help students understand unique social needs of students with autism by developing relationship and social-skill strategies.
Summary: This article provides background knowledge of the social and communicative needs of students with autism and descriptions and examples of effective strategies for developing skills in these areas.
Critical Thinking Questions:
1. Why is it important to be aware of students’ negative behaviors as potential attempts to communicate? What types of consequences occur in the classroom when this concept is not realized?
2. “Positive programming begins with relationship-building” (p. 50). Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?
Learning Objective: What instructional strategies are available for more serious behavior problems?
How does the article support the learning objective? This article will help students understand how to address serious behavior problems by learning the basis of behavioral assessment and intervention.
Summary: This article will allow educators to gain knowledge in the basis of oppositional and defiant behaviors and their possible functions. Additionally, educators will learn the process of conducting functional behavior assessments and how to utilize the data collected to inform the behavior intervention process.
Critical Thinking Questions:
1. Your co-teacher believes that he or she firmly knows the function of a student’s defiant behavior. How would you explain to him or her that a functional behavior analysis should still be conducted?
2. Describe how the family should be engaged and collaborated with during the behavior planning and intervention process. What are their responsibilities? How do they change throughout the process?