Reference no: EM133976472
Assignment:
Katie has a moderate intellectual disability. Every time she enters the classroom she says loudly, "I'm ba-ack," even if she has been gone for only a moment. Although she is in sixth grade, she frequently sucks her thumb and rocks in her chair. When she sees a student in the hallway, she waves - and continues waving long after the student has passed by. If she needs assistance, she leaves her seat and goes to the teacher, no matter what activity is occurring in the class.
Katie's language arts teacher, Mr. Lowell, is losing patience with her behaviors. He believes that Katie is learning many social skills through the small-group work the class does, and he knows Katie's instructional aide is ensuring that she is learning basic pre-reading skills. Mr. Lowell is most concerned about the impact of Katie's behaviors on the class. Despite class discussions about how best to respond to Katie's behavior, several students continue to snicker when Katie calls out "I'm ba-ack", which often leads to other behavior problems.
Katie's behavior is hampering her successful inclusion in Mr. Lowell's sixth-grade class. Mr. Lowell will meet tomorrow with teachers from the sixth-grade team, the special education teacher, Katie's mother, her instructional aide, and Katie. They will develop a PBIS plan to teach Katie more age-appropriate behaviors for school and to reinforce those behaviors at home. As a behavior specialist, you have been asked to come to the meeting with your written responses to the following concerns (along with the rationale).
- What behavior(s) will you target first? Why did you choose it? If more than one behavior, list in order of priority.
- What replacement behavior(s) would you recommend for each behavior you wish to extinguish? What behavior can Katie do instead of the one you are trying to get rid of? Remember that you need to teach Katie a socially appropriate replacement behavior that meets the same need as the inappropriate behavior. You may want to review the four goals of misbehavior discussed earlier in this lesson.
- How will you teach and reinforce each replacement behavior? Remember that if you do not reinforce the desired behavior when Katie uses it, she will go back to her old behaviors.