Note: This is day 3 of a three-day training! You will be sharing your implementation plan, results & reflection in an online setting using this zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82016987345
Every day, in classrooms from early childhood through high school, behaviors occur that interfere with desired academic and social outcomes. On close examination, however, these behaviors could actually be the result of social competencies that are not developed, taught, mastered, and demonstrated. For students with autism and other complex disabilities, a delay in interpersonal and intrapersonal skills interferes with being successful, both socially and academically, at school, at home, and in the community.
Teaching, practicing, modeling, and encouraging essential personal life habits that are universally understood as making people good human beings and citizens is a Kansans Can outcome. The Kansans Can Competency Framework (Noonan & Gaumer-Erickson, 2016) has been adopted by KSDE and provides a foundation and resources to support social competencies (e.g. interpersonal and intrapersonal skills) for all students. In this professional development opportunity, TASN ATBS provides a process that includes assessment, planning, and implementing evidence-based strategies for students with disabilities who need specially designed, tier three instruction to develop competencies such as assertiveness, self-regulation, self-awareness, communication and self-efficacy.
Special education teachers, related-service providers, instructional coaches and specialists, administrators, and family members will benefit from this opportunity that includes creating a plan to implement with a student or group of students with delays in social-emotional skills.
After participating in days one and two of this three-day training (October 10 & 11) participants will design and implement a plan for one of their students or small group of students. This process will be supported by TASN ATBS coaches. After classroom implementation, participants will return for day three and share their student outcomes and reflection with their colleagues on this training day, November 20.
Participants will:
Discuss and analyze the evidence that supports social competencies instruction and intervention for students with autism and other complex needs
Explore and evaluate the evidence-based strategies that support instruction and intervention in social competencies
Design a social competency implementation plan linking assessment and a short-term goal to instructional decisions and data collection strategies
Evaluate the implementation of your plan through examination during a virtual coaching conversation
Evaluate and defend decisions and reflections, based on positive student outcomes, through a presentation to colleagues during a virtual meeting
Registration may be cancelled up to 14 days prior to the event for a full refund. Cancellations received within 14 days of the event will not be refunded. No-show registrations will also not be refunded.