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When developing a student’s program plan, consideration of the following questions can provide the team with information regarding the most appropriate learning environment for the student to learn a particular skill.
Guiding Questions
What is the skill the student needs to learn?
Does the student have the foundational skills for learning this skill?
Can instruction of this skill be embedded within the regular class routines? Under what circumstances? Where, when, with whom?
What is the level of reinforcement required for the student to learn this skill? Can that level of reinforcement be provided within the classroom environment?
What is the intensity of instruction required for the student to learn this skill? Can these opportunities for practice be provided within the classroom context?
What is the natural context in which other students use the skill? Once the student learns this skill, how frequently and in what contexts will they use this skill?
How will the instructional environment (including location and staff ratio) affect the student’s rate of progress?
What opportunities exist for the student to be grouped with others who share similar interests or needs?
What type of APSEA learning opportunities would best support the student in learning this skill?
Comments:
Describe the data and sources of information included in this decision-making process:
If a variation to the common learning environment is deemed necessary:
- What is the mastered skill in the alternative context?
- What is the plan to move the new skill into the common learning environment and other environments?
- In which parts of the classroom schedule could they practice generalizing this skill?
- How will the Teams make sure that the student has enough opportunities to use the skill in the natural context?
Adapted from Guidelines and Standards: Educational Planning for Students with Diverse Learning Needs, New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Spring 2019.