Discrete Trial Training falls under the Behavioral Package in the Missouri Autism Guidelines Initiative (MAGI). Behavioral Package interventions are designed to reduce problem behavior and teach functional alternative behaviors through the basic principles of behavior change. Treatments falling into this category reflect research representing the fields of applied behavior … [Read more...] about Discrete Trial Training
First: Think about the reasons to keep your student in school! Sending the student home is not productive! Some students may manage to get suspended on purpose to avoid work or some other aspect of school. Suspensions are not effective for those students who do not see it as a significant consequence. Providing alternatives to suspensions can be more … [Read more...] about Alternatives to Repeated Suspensions of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Many interventions exist for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The interventions that researchers have shown to be effective are called evidence-based practices (EBPs). The number and exact names of the EBPs vary slightly according the team that assembles its respective list. Their are six such lists prominent in the nationwide community of practitioners. These six … [Read more...] about Speech Generating Devices
What is it? This is a one-to-one instructional approach used to teach skills in a highly controlled, step-by-step manner in order to reduce problem behaviors and teach functional replacement or alternative behaviors. DTT is based on the understanding that practice helps a child learn and master a new skill. DTT is sometimes also called Discrete Trial Teaching, Discrete Trial … [Read more...] about Discrete Trial Training (DTT)
Use of Speech Generating Devices is an evidence-based practice applicable to learners from preschool through high school. These devices fall under the broader umbrella of Augmentative and Alternative Communication or AAC. The Missouri Autism Guidelines Initiative (MAGI) manual on Autism Spectrum Disorders: Guide to Evidence-based Interventions describes Speech Generating … [Read more...] about Speech Generating Devices