Ablls Interpreting Results Self Study Guide

Assessment & Curriculum Design for St udents with Autism or Developmental Delays Using the ABLLS-R

Self-Study Guide: by March 10 th

Interpreting Interpreti ng Results & Developing IEP objectives

Due

Read Pages 21- 95 of the Scoring Instructions & IEP Development Guide and fill in the answers to these questions. What does Dr. Partington feel would be a “more efficient strategy” when determining which skills to teach a child? (pg21 _________________________ _____________________________________ _________________________ __________________________ ________________ ___ _________________________ _____________________________________ _________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________ _____ Read “Teaching Skills Skills Across Repertoire Areas” (p23). (p23). Give an example of a skill skill or lesson that you can teach that crosses repertoire areas, list the skills that could be worked on. _________________________ _____________________________________ _________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________ _____ _________________________ _____________________________________ _________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________ _____ How does Dr. Partington feel about teaching Academic Skills in relation to the Basic Learner Skills? (p24) _________________________ _____________________________________ _________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________ _____ _________________________ _____________________________________ _________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________ _____ How do you feel about the comment, “Without the development of many critical language skills, the academic skills may not be useful to the child, and will not help to ensure that the child will be able to learn new skills in a regular education classroom.” (p24) _________________________ ______________________________________ ______________ _ _________________________ _____________________________________ _________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________ _____ Teaching Self-Help Skills should be done in in conjunction with what other two two skills? (p25) _________________________ _____________________________________ _________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________ _____ Complete this statement by Dr. Partington, “Motor Skills ________________ be incorporated into the instructional day in conjunction with, but n ot at the expense of ____________________ ____________________ and the other other ____________________. ____________________. (p25) Dr. Partington lists “several sources of problems that occur in the development of the actual IEP”. What are they? (pg 27) _________________________ _____________________________________ _________________________ __________________________ _________________ ____ _________________________ _____________________________________ _________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________ _____


What should the “overall goal for the development of an IEP for a child with language delays “ be? (pg 28) _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ According to Dr. Partington “an effective IEP will most often contain _____ to _____ instructional objectives.” (pg 28) Think about that, does that conflict with what you have been taught or have been doing? Can you see his point? We will talk about it more in our 5 th meeting. The selection of the educational objectives for an individual child must be based upon ________________________________________________. (p29) What book does Dr. Partington recommend as an additional resource? (p29) _________________________________________________________________________________ Look to see if you have this book in your school or district lending library. Where is it located? ________ What section of the assessment should the majority of the instructional objectives come from? (p29) _________________________________________________________________________________ What proportion of objectives should come from the Basic Learner Skills Section? (p29) _________________________________________________________________________________ Read about each area and record the number of objectives Dr. Partignton recommends come from each section and make any additional notes. We will add to this list when we meet again. A. Cooperation & Reinforcer Effectiveness _____________________________________________ B. Visual Performance _____________________________________________________________ C. Receptive Language _____________________________________________________________


D. Motor Imitation ________________________________________________________________ E. Vocal Imitation (echoics) _________________________________________________________ F. Requests (mands) _______________________________________________________________ G. Labeling (Tacts) _________________________________________________________________ H. Intraverbals ____________________________________________________________________ I. Spontaneous Vocalizations ________________________________________________________ J.

Syntax & Grammar ______________________________________________________________

K. Play/Leisure Skills _______________________________________________________________ L. Social Interaction Skills ___________________________________________________________ M. Group Instruction _______________________________________________________________


N. Classroom Routines ______________________________________________________________ P. Generalized Responding __________________________________________________________ Q-T. Academic Skills _______________________________________________________________ U-X. Self Help Skills ________________________________________________________________ Y. Gross Motor ___________________________________________________________________ Z. Fine Motor _____________________________________________________________________ “While the ABLLS does not specifically address disruptive behaviors,” should you include objectives to address these concerns? Why? (p38) _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ “When developing an IEP, it is important to consider input from ________________________. (38)

Read through pages 41-54 & 55-75 that reviews an Early Learner ABLLS Profile and an Advanced Learner ABLLS Profile.

Look at how they were able to write a present level of functioning statement based off the data collected from each section. Look at the objectives that were written. Are they clear and measurable? What does Dr. Partington feel should be the emphasis of Sarah’s educational program? (p50) _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ What four areas of the Basic Learning Skills section did Dr. Partington feel were not appropriate for specific objectives? (p54) _________________________________________________________________________________


_________________________________________________________________________________ Why didn’t they include objectives to develop reading, math and spelling skills? (p54) _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________

Advanced Learner Profile – Jason

Look at the different skills he has. Where do you see strengths or weaknesses? We will talk about them more when we meet again. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Read about the educational priorities for Jason. Did you see those connections when looking at the chart? Can you see any connections like this with the child you assessed? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ When objectives were being chosen did Dr. Partington recommend including any academic objectives? (p74) _________________________________________________________________________________ What self-help skill does Dr. Partington feel needs to be addressed in both the home and school environment? (p75) _________________________________________________________________________________ Appendix 1 contains information about what changes were made from the original ABLLS to this Revised edition. It is interesting to read about how and why they chose the objectives they did. Pages 77-81 are worth a quick read. I picked out a few main points. I found it interesting to see that the sample of students they used when making the criteria included children as young as 2 years old. Can you picture administering this to a 2 year old with developmental delays? “The selection of skills to be taught to a student must be done on an ______________________ .” (p81) “Decisions regarding the selection of goals, objectives and learning tasks should be made with the input of planning teams involving ____________ and ___________________________.” (p81)


At our next meeting we will review this information and I will share additional information that Dr. Partington shared on the DVD regarding choosing the “educational priorities”.

Ablls Interpreting Results Self Study Guide

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