Instructional Setting Inventory 2012

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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


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Domestic:

When preparing lunch, dinner, or a snack, M.B. will use provided instructions to microwave apackaged 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 toldwhat 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 therestroom, 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 acresBathrooms and grocery stores

Bathrooms at restaurants

Bathrooms at mallLocker 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.


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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 mandatorysteps 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 7

th

grade student, but Im still going to use thisobjective 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 eachfor 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


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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)


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Step 5: Determine Appropriate Settings for Instruction

Age of Student: 16

IEP Objective Settings Activities

Order and pay atSubway

Subway Ordering and payingWal Mart Ordering and paying at the Subway

School Cafeteria? State order out loud, pay with card or with cash atthe snack station

Grocery Shopping Wal Mart Selecting and paying for items

Aldi Selecting and paying for items

Subway Selecting/paying for items (chips/drink)

Social

conversations

Cafeteria Engaging in/initiating social conversations

ELA classroom Engaging in/initiating social conversations @ end of

classSubway Engaging in/initiating social convos (if w/group)

PE class Engaging in/initiating social conversations @ end of

class or during activities

Microwave YMCA Microwave a snack (popcorn)

Cafeteria Microwave lunch/side from home

Blood

sugar/insulin

(student could do

this anywhere, soonly naturally

occurring timesare listed.

School Bathroom Check BS/administer insulin before meals

YMCA Check BS as needed when working out

Subway Check BS/administer insulin before meals

Walmart (Subway) Check BS/administer insulin before mealsSchool Locker Room Check BS as needed when working out

Change clothes School locker room Change into/out of gym clothes & for showering

YMCA locker room Change into/out of trunks & for showering

Bathrooms (school,

Wal-Mart, Aldi,

Subway, locker

room)

Zip/Unzip pants when using the restroom

Any environment

(maybe not theschool gym, but any

other school

environment, store,or restaurant.)

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

Take shower YMCA locker rooms

(x3)

Take shower in special needs locker room,

generalize to other two

School locker room Take shower


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Brush teeth

(again, any

bathroom: thoselisted are naturally

occurring times)

School bathroom Before lunch

Subway Before lunch

Walmart (Subway) Before lunch

YMCA locker room

(x3)

Before snack

Shave YMCA locker room

(x3)

Shave once a day in one of these settings, probably

in the morning.

School locker room

Cope with

Emergency

Situation

ELA Classroom Fire/tornado

Cafeteria Fire/tornado/medical emergency (choking)

Music Room Fire/tornado

Subway Fire/tornado/medical emergency (choking)

Wal Mart or Aldi Fire/tornado

School gym Fire/tornado

School Bathroom orLocker Room

Fire/tornado

YMCA Fire/tornado/medical emergency (drowning)

Basketball pass YMCA gym basketball pass in context of a game

School gym basketball pass in context of a game


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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).


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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


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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.

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