Learning Bites
| Title | Description | Keywords | Format | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critical Question #3 | The critical questions are intended to provide guidance and expand your thinking. As you begin or expand activities focused on individuals with autism, use the critical questions to assure you are using practices focused on equity and inclusivity that value the voices and perspectives of the autistic community. Critical Question #3 is focused on how language might reflect ableism. | Critical Question, Perspectives, Equity, Ableism | Website | |
| Critical Question #4 | The critical questions are intended to provide guidance and expand your thinking. As you begin or expand activities focused on individuals with autism, use the critical questions to assure you are using practices focused on equity and inclusivity that value the voices and perspectives of the autistic community. Critical Question #4 is focused on how beliefs, behaviors, and decisions demonstrate and ensure inclusivity and equity for all students, including students with autism. | Critical Question, Perspectives, Equity | Website | |
| Critical Question #5 | The critical questions are intended to provide guidance and expand your thinking. As you begin or expand activities focused on individuals with autism, use the critical questions to assure you are using practices focused on equity and inclusivity that value the voices and perspectives of the autistic community. Critical Question #5 seeks to better understand what policies, structures, biases, and practices do we need to dismantle in order to provide a more equitable experience for students. | Critical Question, Perspectives, Equity, Ableism | Website | |
| Language Matters | Language Matters emphasizes the critical impact of language on perceptions and inclusivity, specifically regarding disabilities. It discusses the importance of using asset-based rather than deficit-based language, addresses the implications of ableist language, and explores the preferences between person-first and identity-first language. The page encourages thoughtful reflection and dialogue about language use to promote equity and acceptance of autistic individuals. | Language, Person-First, Identify-First, Equity, Inclusion, Perspectives | Website | |
| Preschool Life Skills (PLS): Teaching Foundational Behaviors for School Success |
This START Connecting article explores Preschool Life Skills (PLS), which is a research-based, supplemental curriculum that provides a set of tools to help teach important social and life skills for school success. The PLS program includes a set of lessons developed by Dr. Gregory Hanley and colleagues to increase skills in making requests, following directions, tolerating delay, and developing friendships |
PLS, START Connecting | Article | |
| Preschool Life Skills (PLS) Curriculum |
The Preschool Life Skills website has all the materials needed to teach PLS in your classroom, including a description of the program, a questionnaire, lesson plans, data collection forms, practice scenarios, and additional supporting materials. Explore the site and try some lessons to see how it changes the culture of your early childhood classroom and the skills of your preschoolers (Hint: The lessons work with kindergarteners, too). |
Curriculum, PLS, Preschool, Early Childhood | Google Site | |
| Effective Teaming and Meeting Mechanics |
Effective Teaming and Meeting Mechanics are processes and tools for efficient and effective meetings to capitalize on the strengths and experiences of a group of people with common goals. The most efficient and effective meetings adhere to a defined process and agreed-upon guidelines that the group follows to execute the goals of the meeting. The Effective Teaming and Meeting Mechanics processes and tools are both universal for all meetings and customized for specific types of meetings so that it will function as a resource for various meetings. |
Effective Teaming, Meeting Mechanics | Document, Website | |
| Prevent Teach Reinforce Respond (PTRR) |
Prevent Teach Reinforce Respond (PTRR) organizes behavior support around four areas: preventing barriers to successful engagement, teaching skills, reinforcing skills and behaviors that support success, and responding in ways that maintain safety, support regulation, and promote participation and engagement. |
PTRR, Behavior | Document, Website |