di: DI with non, or minimally verbal students

[Rebecca Chadwick]

I have been having great success with Early Literacy Skills Builders and Early Reading Skills Builders (both research validated with the Low Incidence population).  They are both Attainment programs and are specifically designed for kids who are limited verbal/non-verbal.  They can also be used with verbal students. Diane Browder out of the U. of N. Carolina is the author.  It is very similar to the ALL curriculum, except it is a more specific step by step curriculum.  ALL requires a great deal of teacher judgement and preparation.  A fantastic curriculum, but very labor intensive.


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From: di-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu <di-bounces at lists.uoregon.edu> On Behalf Of Beth Lang
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2018 10:07 PM
To: Elissa McKenzie <elissa at stlillian.org>
Cc: DI at lists.uoregon.edu
Subject: Re: di: DI with non, or minimally verbal students

Hi-
  Precision Teaching uses what is called learning channels. Responses are divided into inputs and outputs. Then you can quickly use that tool to see how you get responses to show mastery without vocal responding.

Janice Light developed a program called ALL - which is now sold by Mayer Johnson. This is a or can be a great way to bridge phonetic reading for kids with low incidence disabilities.

Also- before Language for Learning and Reading Mastery- Vicci Tucci created a curriculum basedon DI instructional design- called competent learner model that is based  on Skinners works including Verbal Behavior. I am a certified CLM coach. CLM was adopted by the state of PA and is implemented in California by various districts and Viccis private company. The state of Virginia also adopted CLM as well as various private schools around the world have adopted CLM. The goal of CLM is to get kids to be ready for DI curriculum.  If your learners have weak repertoirs in problem solving, participating, observing, listening- I highly rec you look into this curriculum that is also accompanied by assessments and a course of study to train staff and parents. This Model is also a degree program at Clarion in PA. I was the first CLM coach in PA to be in a  multiple disabilities class. I am happy to share that coaching experience with you.

Not pushing just an fyi- I am a private consultant and am available for coaching. If you would like support in that form- You can email me off list and we can set up a time to talk on the phone.

Sorry for typos on my phone and this got a bit long winded.


Hopefully helpful-
Beth Lang



On Friday, July 27, 2018, Elissa McKenzie <elissa at stlillian.org<mailto:elissa at stlillian.org>> wrote:
I am an administrator for a small school for children who have communication and learning challenges.

Our students have diagnoses that include ASD, Down Syndrome, Apraxia of Speech, Cerebral Palsy, and more...

We have been using Reading Mastery with fair success but feel we can do better.  In our school, we have the support of Speech Language Pathologists, ABA providers, OT's and PT's.  We use communication devices as well as picture boards for communication.  Still, we do find it difficult to assess the progress for students who are non-verbal or minimally verbal.

We are very creative with students support, but feel our students are limited by mastery being dependent on the verbal performance. Is there a systematic way to assess receptively as well as expressively?

Or, is there a DI program for non or minimally verbal students.

Any support or shared experience is appreciated.

Thank you


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