Weekly Blog 13 - ECC Skill Lesson

    Creating a lesson involving measurable and observable objectives took some dusting off of the cobwebs for me.  I haven't written this way in twenty years and I am not currently in a classroom. I tried to choose something that hopefully is always relevant and got the idea from one of the data collection tools that Marielhi shared with me. This ECC skill involves both social interaction and self-determination. I believe a student in kindergarten could verbally respond to these questions. I would keep the data on a spreadsheet and I would start every lesson verbally questioning the student to make it as routine as possible. In each box next to the corresponding question, I would write either: I= independent, VP=verbal prompt, PP= physical prompt, or X= did not know/complete. The date of when the student practiced the skill would be in the column above the performance box so that it would be evident how often these questions were asked.

Goal: The student will develop appropriate social interaction and self-determination skills when verbally questioned about personal information.

Objective: Student will verbally respond to the following questions with 90% accuracy on 4/5 of the following questions:

1.) What is your date of birth?
2.) What is your home address?
3.) What are/is your parents'/guardian's names?
4.) What is your home phone/parent's phone number?- (Must be able to at least give one full phone number.)
5.) What is the name of the school you attend?

   At the beginning of the school year, I would pretest the student to see if he/she knows this information to get a starting point of performance. This would be tested the Spring before we start working on it and after it was included in his/her IEP. I would start a personal safety lesson with the student regarding these questions. The student needs to understand when it is safe to give this information and when it is not appropriate to share it. I would start the unit with exploring books ( audio/braille/ picture/tactile) on the subject matter of professionals that help people (identifying school personnel, doctors, nurses, police, firemen, paramedics, store workers) and talk with them about scenarios that may require them to share this information. safely. I would also add that when I practice these questions with the student, I would approach it as role-play and tell them who I am pretending to be that day- for example- "I'm the school nurse and you're in the clinic, is it okay to share this information?" Again, I would record data on a spreadsheet of how often these questions are asked, performance/accuracy of the answers, and whether or not the student required prompts.