My coworker has two students with dedicated paraprofessionals in her classroom. With the assistance of the paraprofessional, one student is able to at times join the class and partake in many of the classroom centers. The other student requires more focused attention and benefits from a quiet work place to work with this para and the teacher on his IEP goals. He has made such amazing progress over the past year (work on gross motor imitation, fine motor imitation, vocal imitation, and advanced sorting) – I am so impressed and proud of him! His para is amazing and works so well with him. I am excited to share his work area and especially the wall that is loaded with super important information for him and his para.
His desk is where he keeps his daily binder, PECS book, and data binder. On the wall there is a ton of information that staff use on a daily basis when working with this student!
He has his double sided daily visual schedule. He has done a great job following the schedule and this helps him understand the order of events in each day. Also posted is the behavior plan cheat sheet and behavior plan flow chart. This is an essential reference tool for all staff working with this kiddo.
The data based on his preference assessment showing the top preferred items is also posted. Again – this is essential to ensure everyone is using the correct reinforcers.
The student and staff detailed schedules are posted. No staff issues here because everyone knows where they are supposed to be at every moment of the day!
I love how well setup this area is! It’s functional and simple!
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Great post, I have a student with similar needs and this is a great ides and set up.
I love it..my student who needs this would rip it all down and throw it. Can I see a close up of your staff schedule?
I would love to see a picture further back in your classroom. Like what it looks like within and where it is located within your room
can you explain the chart about the break card with more detail? I am trying to teach a student to use it more reliably.
Absolutely love this! I wish I could do this with my student! I’m an Autism Mentor.
I love that the behavior plans are posted! As a school psychologist it is one of my best tips for teams – glad you are sharing it to a wider audience!! We also will post our most used cues around the resource room as most of our students work with multiple adults.
Thanks for reading!
Haha true – we all have those kids! There is a similar schedule in this post: https://theautismhelper.com/paraprofessional-schedule/.
This is in my coworker’s room so I don’t have any wide pictures now. Here is video tutorial of a similar station I had in my class a few years ago: https://theautismhelper.com/video-tutorial-one-one-student-work-area/.
Sure! Here is a post about it: https://theautismhelper.com/flow-chart-cheat-sheet-make-a-behavior-plan-easy-to-follow/. I am also working on a product with these flow charts as well 🙂
Thanks for reading!
So true! It’s so key for everyone to be on the same page! 🙂