USING VISUALS TO SUPPORT

ALL STUDENTSLaura Rinderknecht, Intervention Specialist, Hamilton Southeastern Schools. Fishers, IN

ISRASeptember, 2014

Do you….

A) Yell at the kids for getting too much?

B) Tear it off for them

C) Teach them your expectations and build independence with visuals

Why visuals?

Abstract Concrete

Evidence-Based Practices (EBP)

What is a Best Practice for students with autism can also support students with language deficits, EL students, our young students, our tired students, our high performing students with anxiety, and all students in our classrooms. An Evidence-Based Practice is an intervention that is based in science.

http://www.autisminternetmodules.org/user_mod.php

http://autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/sites/autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/files/2014_EBP_Report.pdf

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Universal Design for Learning gives all individuals equal opportunities to learn. UDL strategies are those that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs.

http://www.udlcenter.org/

Universal Design

Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS): Tier 1

We can effectively teach appropriate behavior to all children. Intervene early. Use research-based, scientifically validated interventions to the extent available. The most important piece of any tiered system (PBIS, RtI, MTSS) is Tier 1, which lays the foundation for all students.

http://www.pbis.org/school/primary-level

Brain Research

The more modalities, the more connections: the better the learning.

7 repetitions 70 repetitions 700 repetitions

60 repetitions to make a habit

Use new info within 72 hours!

Building BackgroundComprehensible Input

The procedure is actually quite simple. First you arrange things into different groups depending on their makeup. Of course, one pile may be sufficient depending on how much there is to do. If you have to go somewhere else due to the lack of facilities, that is the next step; otherwise you are pretty well set. It is important not to overdo any particular endeavor. That is, it is better to do too few things at once than too many. In the short run, this may not seem important, but complications from doing too much can easily arise. A mistake can be expensive as well.

THE PROCEDURE

What do you do first? Why might you have to go somewhere

else? What can be expensive? What is the procedure?

India

Guatemala

The procedure is actually quite simple. First you arrange things into different groups depending on their makeup. Of course, one pile may be sufficient depending on how much there is to do. If you have to go somewhere else due to the lack of facilities, that is the next step; otherwise you are pretty well set. It is important not to overdo any particular endeavor. That is, it is better to do too few things at once than too many. In the short run, this may not seem important, but complications from doing too much can easily arise. A mistake can be expensive as well.

THE PROCEDURE

Schema : Build Background

The easiest way to build background!

Google Images Look for apps

Brownstone Mt Rushmore app Show a video!

Phonics

Wilson

__ ap__ in

Hard /k/ Sound

Reading Strategies

http://tabletalkwithcandc.blogspot.com

Vocab

Fluency

INDEPENDENCE!

http://www.mshouser.com/instructional-coaching-2/tracking-my-progress-fluency

Yes, there is an app for that!

Early Comprehension

http://thephonicsphenomenon.blogspot.com

Comprehension

Writing Strategies

http://thirdgradethinkers8.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-day-with-debbie-diller-and-spelling.html

Anchor Charts

Classroom Management

Doesn’t have to be fancy!

read

talk

write

Best way to “do visual”?

I do.We do.You do.

Do you….

C) Teach them and build independence with visuals

Where did kids learn more?

Researchers found that children working in classrooms with cluttered walls, “were more distracted, spent more time off-task and demonstrated smaller learning gains than when the decorations were removed.”

-Carnegie Mellon University,

published in the journal Psychological Science,

May 2014.

Be careful to not vomit visuals all over your classroom.

Is it cute? Is it crap? Or does it count?

Visual supports help me teach and build independence for ALL of my students.

I am cognizant to think about the form and the function before putting something up.

Things up around the room are referenced by teacher and students.

• Visually organized and simple• Student ownership• Student writing and artifacts• Academically supportive• Behaviorally supportive

And you will see…

It is GREAT for your younger students It is GREAT for your tired students It is GREAT for your ENL students It is GREAT for your students who forget to listen

the first time It is GREAT for your students who already forgot

what you just said It is GREAT for your Special Education students It is GREAT for the beginning of the year It is GREAT for when coming back from break It is GREAT for your substitute teachers