di: DI with non, or minimally verbal students

[Carol Pio]

I would imagine that students can use their devices to respond for the
verbal part. For receptive work, we have used TeachTown. This is not DI,
but a computer based program that adjusts rigor and number of choices until
a student reaches mastery.

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 9:34 PM Jen Walstad <jwalstad at apamail.org> wrote:

> We have also had great success with Language for Learning with our K-3
> students.  We use Direct Instruction Spoken English (DISE) for our 4-12th
> grade students and some adult classes.  We have had great success with it.
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> On Jul 30, 2018, at 12:07 PM, Carol Pio <cpio at kcsd96.org> wrote:
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> We've had a ton of success with Language for Learning with our low
> incidence population. Hope that helps!
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> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 11:39 AM Elissa McKenzie <elissa at stlillian.org>
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>> I am an administrator for a small school for children who have
>> communication and learning challenges.
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>> Our students have diagnoses that include ASD, Down Syndrome, Apraxia of
>> Speech, Cerebral Palsy, and more...
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
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>> Or, is there a DI program for non or minimally verbal students.
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>> Any support or shared experience is appreciated.
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>> Thank you
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