Marian Stauder

SPED 448 Instructional Setting Inventory

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Step 1: Identify Potential Settings for Instruction Community: When at Subway, M.B. will order and use the dollar up method to pay for his own meal independently, completing 100% of the mandatory steps of the task analysis correctly on 3 consecutive trials. -Subway on Mattis (by the school, near bus stops) -Subway in the mall (could be a place for social interaction in the future, different in layout from other Subways) -All other Subways in the Champaign area (in case generalization would be a problem) -Subway in Wal-mart When at a grocery store with a shopping list, M.B. will find, place in a cart, and pay for 3 items, completing 100% of the mandatory steps of the task analysis correctly on 3 consecutive trials. -Schnucks (by the school) -Wal Mart (cheaper, on bus routes) -County Market -Meijer -Sams Club -Ethnic Store -Mall-shopping behavior in the same, so other types of stores Rec/Leisure: At a social group, informal meeting, or other circumstance composing at least 2 non-related peers without disabilities, M.B. will engage in three five-minute conversations, initiating one, maintaining a topic of interest on 3 consecutive occasions. -Jefferson Cafeteria -Choir room -Mall -Bowling Alley -Movie Theatre -General Education Classroom (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies) -Other organized group function? After school activities? During a basketball game with his peers (teams of 3-5), MB will pass the basketball, scoring a 4 out of 5 on the basketball form rubric on all attempts for 3 consecutive occasions. -all parks Champaign or Urbana -YMCA -Jefferson gyms

Marian Stauder Domestic: When preparing lunch, dinner, or a snack, M.B. will use provided instructions to microwave a packaged food item, completing 100% of the mandatory steps if the task analysis on five consecutive trials. -Life Skills classroom -Teachers lounge (obviously not ideal, but trying to think of somewhere in the school with a microwave) -cafeteria? (it wouldnt be difficult to move a microwave into the cafeteria) -YMCA microwave (the one where I live had one by the vending machines) At mealtimes, M.B. will check his blood sugar in the company of an adult and, after being told what dose to administer by a trained (to make reasonable deduction on doses) adult, will administer the pre-measured amount of insulin by way of vaccination, accurately completing all mandatory steps of the task-analysis on 6 consecutive occasions. -attendance office -restaurant bathroom -bathroom -locker room When changing clothes for (or from) an activity, when taking off a coat, or when using the restroom, M.B. will undress himself independently, accurately completing 100% of steps of the task analysis on all opportunities for three consecutive days (the task analysis and generalization plan will clarify that this includes buttons and zippers which, on their own, are not activity based). AND (dressing and undressing will be taught in the same setting, the only difference being undressing will come first) When changing clothes for (or from) an activity, when putting on a coat, or when using the restroom, M.B. will dress himself independently, accurately completing 100% of steps of the task analysis on all opportunities for three consecutive days (the task analysis and generalization plan will clarify that this includes buttons and zippers which, on their own, are not activity based). School bathrooms (all) Bathrooms at the Y Bathrooms at Indian acres Bathrooms and grocery stores Bathrooms at restaurants Bathrooms at mall Locker Rooms at school Jefferson Hallway (coat in locker) After physical activity (basketball or swimming), M.B. will shower without assistance, completing 100% of mandatory steps of the task analysis in fifteen minutes every day for one week.

Marian Stauder Y locker room Indian Acres Locker room School Locker room? When he wakes up, before he goes to bed, and after meals (this is optional but it will provide more of an opportunity to practice the skill), M.B. will brush his teeth, correctly completing 100% mandatory steps of the task analysis for three consecutive days. -school bathroom -restaurant bathroom -locker room -locker room (school, Y) Every day, M.B. will use his electric razor to shave his face, completing 100% of the mandatory steps of the task analysis for 3 consecutive days. (The task analysis will denote different regions of the face and criteria for completion of each step.) (okay, so this wouldnt be a skill for every 7th grade student, but Im still going to use this objective because it is very relevant to my studentand I suppose its possible that a seventh grade boy may need to shave) -school bathroom -restaurant bathroom -locker room (school, Y) In the presence of a tornado, fire, or medical emergency, M.B. will demonstrate the prescribed response as denoted by the task analysis of each emergency, completing 100% of the steps of each for all occasions or simulated occasions (drills) for 1 month. -school (classroom, cafeteria, literally any environment) -store -YMCA (would look differently in the pool) -restaurant -literally absolutely everywhere

Marian Stauder Step 2: Determine Characteristics of Effective Learning Environments Instruction should be for no longer than 45 minutes to an hour at a time, or M.B. may get overly frustrated. He also does not like environments with a lot of stimulation, so noisy, chaotic environments might be a bad idea. Although it is not listed, riding the bus is another skill M.B. will be working on, so having the environments on the bus route would be helpful (it makes no sense to teach M.B. to be independent in an environment if he has no way of getting there). Ideally, I would like M.B. to spend as much instructional time with his peers are possible. Also, for teaching insulin-related skills, the environment must be as clean, distraction-free, and safe as possible. Another issue I have is what is present in the environment; a microwave or a shower isnt just everywhere.

Step 3: Identify Procedures for Inventorying Settings All inventories will occur during the school day (~8-3). M.B. would usually eat lunch around 11:20 at school, so as close to that as we could get would be ideal for the Subway and cafeteria objectives. Additional information will be gleaned from school staff (for school settings) and websites or brochures. Information will be recorded on inventory worksheets and copied on to computers. I lucked out because my mother has her Masters degree in Diabetes Education, so she is able to answer questions I have in regards to when one would check blood sugar.

Step 4: Conduct an Inventory of the Potential Settings (attached)

Marian Stauder Step 5: Determine Appropriate Settings for Instruction Age of Student: 16 IEP Objective Order and pay at Subway Settings Subway Wal Mart School Cafeteria? Wal Mart Aldi Subway Cafeteria ELA classroom Subway PE class Microwave Blood sugar/insulin (student could do this anywhere, so only naturally occurring times are listed. Change clothes YMCA Cafeteria School Bathroom YMCA Subway Walmart (Subway) School Locker Room School locker room YMCA locker room Bathrooms (school, Wal-Mart, Aldi, Subway, locker room) Any environment (maybe not the school gym, but any other school environment, store, or restaurant.) YMCA locker rooms (x3) School locker room Activities Ordering and paying Ordering and paying at the Subway State order out loud, pay with card or with cash at the snack station Selecting and paying for items Selecting and paying for items Selecting/paying for items (chips/drink) Engaging in/initiating social conversations Engaging in/initiating social conversations @ end of class Engaging in/initiating social convos (if w/group) Engaging in/initiating social conversations @ end of class or during activities Microwave a snack (popcorn) Microwave lunch/side from home Check BS/administer insulin before meals Check BS as needed when working out Check BS/administer insulin before meals Check BS/administer insulin before meals Check BS as needed when working out Change into/out of gym clothes & for showering Change into/out of trunks & for showering Zip/Unzip pants when using the restroom

Grocery Shopping

Social conversations

Put on/remove jacket (or coat), weather permitting.

Take shower

Take shower in special needs locker room, generalize to other two Take shower

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Brush teeth (again, any bathroom: those listed are naturally occurring times) Shave

School bathroom Subway Walmart (Subway) YMCA locker room (x3) YMCA locker room (x3) School locker room ELA Classroom Cafeteria Music Room Subway Wal Mart or Aldi School gym School Bathroom or Locker Room YMCA YMCA gym School gym

Before lunch Before lunch Before lunch Before snack Shave once a day in one of these settings, probably in the morning. Fire/tornado Fire/tornado/medical emergency (choking) Fire/tornado Fire/tornado/medical emergency (choking) Fire/tornado Fire/tornado Fire/tornado Fire/tornado/medical emergency (drowning) basketball pass in context of a game basketball pass in context of a game

Cope with Emergency Situation

Basketball pass

Marian Stauder Step 6: Provide a Rationale for Your Recommendations ( WENT OVER IN LENGTH BUT I INVENTORIED A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTS AND HAVE A LOT OF OBJECTIVES!!!!!!) On paper, it appears that I am targeting all settings for instruction, and I suppose it is true. Every environment was a good fit for some skills, even if some of the skills that could rotationally be targeted in that environment werent. This was the case for most of the environments I inventoried. That being said, many environments are not going to be locations for instruction of skills such as microwaving, toothbrushing or showering because they dont have a shower or a microwave or even a sink. The classroom environments I selected for instruction were the ELA classroom, the gym (PE class), and the music classroom. I consider the music classroom to be an academic setting because of the structure of the environment and the presence of clearly identified curriculum. Music is also required, so M.B. would be in class with the same peer group. Though the ELA classroom was noisy, I think it would be a perfect environment for the socializing objective and coping with emergency situations. The students would accept M.B. in a heartbeat, and although this class is not entirely distraction-free, no classroom is. This way, M.B. can learn to overcome distractions while still being able to learn. The most difficult off all environments to utilize was the music classroom because the environment was really not conducive to many objectives. I didnt have it in me to cut music from M.B.s instruction. Music is something that MB really enjoys, and I think it is worthwhile to have emergency procedure instruction in more than one school environment. Since music is not every day, it wouldnt cut into M.B.s instructional time too much, and it could almost be used as a reinforcer. PE is absolutely perfect for the basketball pass objective, and it gives a reason for MB to shower during the school day (granted, his classmates dont, but its still a better reason than just because we need to teach it).

Marian Stauder When it comes to school environments outside the classroom, the ones I inventoried were the bathroom in the 6th grade hallway, the school locker room, and the cafeteria. The bathroom and the locker room have enough space to accomplish objectives such as changing clothes, and the settings are quiet enough for individual instruction. The cafeteria, perfect for instruction pertaining to social conversations because of the naturally occurring environment, would need a microwave in order for that instruction to take place. I wanted M.B. to work on using a microwave in a naturally occurring setting with his peers as much as possible. Though the life skills classroom has a microwave, I think it would be awesome to have that microwave in the cafeteria (even if its just during lunch). That way, all students would have the option of bringing food from home and microwaving it, and that move is definitely doable. Several environments were also evaluated for instruction in the community. Aldi and WalMart were both selected as appropriate places to fulfill the objective of selecting and paying for groceries. However, I did not choose to target the bathrooms of either setting for instruction because the behaviors targeted are not naturally occurring in that setting. (Dressing is naturally occurring in every bathroom to some capacity, but several other settings were more socially appropriate for dressing instruction.) The Subway is similarly perfect for the Subway objective (and also for socializing), but the only naturally occurring skill in the Subway bathroom would be checking blood sugar and administering insulin. Unfortunately, there are very few community locations that have microwaves or showers. However, the Y had both. Because of the versatility of this environment, several objectives, including changing clothes and shaving, can each be accomplished in more than one of the subenvironments in this setting. Showering instruction would take place in the special needs locker room to ensure privacy and avoid unwanted social stigma. Basketball would be great in this

Marian Stauder setting, because the environment is perfect for a game. Another skill important in this environment is checking blood sugar. Checking blood sugar and administering insulin or eating would be important if blood sugar may change, and exercise can cause changes in blood sugar.