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Unfortunately this 21 year old (his last year) fell through the cracks and now he is in my class. He is huge, violent, makes noises most of the day, he is verbal but has not reasoning skills- loves when there is a party-he is then behaved and you wouldn't know he had any of these behaviors. Cannot use behavior mod with him-he freaks out. Leaves the room. Yes he has a para. He spends all day on the computer and so I got him to follow a schedule with some computer however he uses computers in other therapist rooms and when he doesn't like something he goes to their room to be on the computer- So far he has not been physically violent but we are all walking on eggs. Parents have even called to complain. Administration just wants to get him through the year and out of the school. What a joke! I'm a great teacher-I'm the class that everyone wants to get into. And now with this kid the year sucks. I've tried to be positive and upbeat and thought I was having a bit of success with this kid ho...See More
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KT To Anna, What interventions do you have in place to prevent this behavior? You say he is autistic and non-verbal. Most students on the spectrum are very visual. Do you have a visual schedule so that he knows what he is do, how much, when he is done and where he is to go when he finishes. Do you have a first/then board or a work strip? Does he have ...See More
Dec 3, 2014
Anna Yes to all questions below. Perhaps the team will need to review his IEP and BIP interventions in place? It may been effective when IEP was created but certainly not now. I suggested a work strip about size of Sunday's comic strip and a simple visual schedule. I also suggested (less than one-half page) simple visuals than a mega binder overloaded w...See More
Dec 4, 2014
Anna On 11/06/14, pam wrote: > Unfortunately this 21 year old (his last year) fell through > the cracks and now he is in my class. He is huge, violent, > makes noises most of the day, he is verbal but has not > reasoning skills- loves when there is a party-he is then > behaved and you wouldn't know he had any of these behaviors. > Cann...See More
Jan 10, 2015
Noe On 12/04/14, Anna wrote: > Yes to all questions below. Perhaps the team will need to > review his IEP and BIP interventions in place? It may been > effective when IEP was created but certainly not now. I > suggested a work strip about size of Sunday's comic strip and a > simple visual schedule. I also suggested (less than one-half &g...See More
Jan 18, 2015
AM- a parent Sadly most FBA's are not done well. Without a GOOD FBA, a GOOD ONE, the BIP is worthless. Totally worthless.

I would start with getting a new FBA.
Apr 11, 2015


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