Transcript Making Connections

Making Connections:
Bridging PBIS Programs to Visual
and Communication Supports for
Students on the Spectrum
Monica Addison-Walker and Maureen Meekins
Needs of students in the Communication and
Learning Support Program
• Visuals
• Consistency
• Sensory stimulation
What educators and support staff need
to know
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Students can only
work on one rule at a
time
Weak generalization
between settings
Attention is not
monitored in
traditional methods
For every step
forward there are 1-2
steps back
Behavior means
something
Bridging PBIS to CLS
Materials
1. Use the same materials for the entire school
2. Create additional visual supports for
students with communication needs in their
familiar method (e.g. pictures, photographs,
Writing with Symbols, Boardmaker, etc.)
PBIS to CLS
– Differentiation- some students will need
additional visual and/or verbal prompts
– Incentives- think about your students’
interests (crafts, computer,, dance, yoga,
gym, recess, games, movies)
PBIS to CLS
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Social stories (title, introduction- clearly
state topic, body- describes situation and
has conclusion), taught as situation arises
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Address specific behaviors
Changes in routines or situations
songs and scripts- taught during circle
time
Standard class supports (visual schedule,
timers, self monitoring)
Character Education
Place adapted materials on
the reversed side of the
original poster.
• Trustworthy
• Fairness
• Caring
• Responsible
• Respectful
• Citizenship
Questions?
• Contact
• Maureen Meekins
• [email protected]
• Monica Addison-Walker
• [email protected]
Thank You!