Inclusive Practices- Consultant Support Model

1. www.laspdg.org Inclusive Practices-Consultant Support Model Presented by Kathy Kilgore

2. Considerations • This webinar is being recorded and will be available for viewing at www.laspdg.org • If you need to ask a question, please use the Chat Pod on your screen

3. Roll Call • At this time, please use your chat pod and type your first and last name as well as the district/LEA you are representing if you have not already done so

4. People First Language “People First Language puts the person before the disability and describes what a person has, not who a person is.” Kathie Snow. (n.d.) A few words about People First Language. Disability is Natural. Retrieved August 1, 2012 from http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/images/PDF/pfl-sh09.pdf

5. Series of 6 Webinars • Overview of Inclusive Practices  • Co-teaching Support Model  • Consultant Support Model • Paraeducator Support Model • Scheduling for Inclusive Practice • Logistical Issues • Grading • IEPs • Planning

6. Inclusive Practices….. • …academic and behavior supports and strategies provided to students with disabilities in general education settings.

7. Collaborative Support Models for Inclusive Practices Co-teaching Support Model Consultant Support Model Paraeducator Support Model

8. Co-teaching Support Model • As defined by Friend and Cook (2010)… • Co-teaching is a service delivery option for providing special education or related services to students with disabilities or other students with needs while they remain in their general education classes. • Two or more professionals jointly deliver meaningful instruction to a diverse, blended group of students in a single physical space.

9. Co-teaching Support Model • Direct instruction to students by a special education teacher jointly with a general education teacher in a general education classroom Consultant Support Model • Support and assistance by a special education teacher to a general education teacher(s)

10. Consultant Support Model • Direction and feedback from a special education teacher to a general education teacher • On-going support provided to general educator(s) • Ensures instructional support needs of SWD in general education settings are met

11. Consultant supported general education classes… • No co-teacher in class • SWD have support needs that must be addressed by general education teacher • SWD need specific accommodations in order to be successful • SpEd and GenEd teachers must work collaboratively • Requires on-going communication • Willingness to listen and learn from each other

12. The amount of consultation provided depends on support needs of students: • Initial provision of background information and periodic monitoring • On-going curriculum adaptations and weekly monitoring

13. Two Areas of Consultation • Communication and on-going feedback • Curriculum supports

14. Communication and On-going Feedback • Articulation of student learning needs • Clarification of special education terms • Enlightenment of student idiosyncrasies • On-going communication • Liaison to all teachers • Implementation of IEP • Collection of progress data • Input into future IEP goals

15. Progress Monitoring • Student progress data must be maintained • Identification of key skills and concepts for mastery • Outline of type of documentation to be maintained/data to be collected • Development of data collection instruments • Schedule of data collection

16. Curriculum Supports Provides an array of supports • Presentation and/or response format procedures • Instructional strategies • Time/Scheduling • Environment • Equipment

17. Accommodation Suggestions • Time • Scheduling • Setting • Responses • Presentation

18. Other curricular supports… • Review lesson plans • Recommendations for activities • Adjustments of lesson plans • Recommendations for delivery styles • Adaptation of lessons: design/redesign of worksheets or activities • Recommendations for hands-on materials and manipulatives • Creation of hands-on materials

19. Suggestions for use of assistive technology • Designing alternative assessments • Designing behavior interventions systems • Suggestions for delivery of reinforcements

20. Adapts instructional environment to make it ‘multiple sized’ and not one-size-fits-all • Suggestions for when to use modifications and not just accommodations • Suggestions for classwide accommodations as well as individual student accommodations

21. Adaptations • Size • Time • Input • Output • Difficulty • Participation • Level of support • Alternative goals

22. Let’s take a poll…. Are there some other specific tasks or activities in which a consultant support teacher may engage in order to ensure the support needs of students with disabilities are met? • Use your chat pod to type in a brief response

23. General Education Teacher Responsibilities • Participate in SBLC meetings • Implement RtI tiers • Participate in IEP meetings • Implement IEP accommodations • Participate in FBA and BIP processes • Collect instructional and behavioral data • Maintain confidentiality

24. General education teacher… • …responsible for ensuring IEPs are implemented in his/her class • …collaborate with special educator regarding IEP implementation

25. Two requirements of General Education Teachers 1st - Communication • Willing to communication opening and positively • Listen and learn from each other 2nd – Curricular Supports • Open to suggestions • Willing to implement suggestions

26. Logistics… • Consultant Support Teacher’s schedule • When and with whom • Submitted to principal same time other teachers submit • Documentation of Actions • Indicate when, where, with whom, for whom and what • Detailed • Related to specific students Don’t get classified as having the “Prancer” Syndrome!

27. Let’s take a poll…. Are there other things the consultant support teacher could do to avoid being called a “Prancer”? • Use your chat pod to type in a brief response

28. Special Education Teacher Schedule • More than one Collaborative Support Model used • Model used based on student support needs

30. Consultant Support Teacher’s Schedule • Lesson plans for co-taught classes and special education classes • Detailed schedule and documentation log for consultation activities • Schedule depends on learning/support needs of students

31. www.laspdg.org The contents of this PowerPoint presentation were developed under a grant from the US Department of Education, #H323A110003. However those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

32. Additional Webinars in this Series • December 5 @ 10:00 am: Consultancy Model • January 16 @ 10:00 am: Para-educator Model • February 27 @ 10:00 am: Scheduling • April 17 @ 10:00 am: Logistics

33. Questions? Please use your chat pod if you have questions related to this presentation (if time permits, we will answer them, if not, please email questions to contacts below) • After this webinar, you may email any content-related questions to Kathy Kilgore kkilgore@slc-gno.org • You may email any grant-related questions to Melanie Lemoine lemoinem@lsu.edu

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