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September 2024 Lunch 'n Learn: Antecedent Based Interventions

 

 
Antecedent Based Interventions With Chris Champagne

Would you like to learn evidence-based ways to create an environment that encourages positive/desired behavior, promotes engagement, and reduces interfering behaviors? Using antecedent-based interventions (ABls) can do just that. 
 

About LASARD Lunch + Learns

Welcome to LASARD’s free Lunch + Learn webinar series! Each month, our expert LASARD facilitators or guests will discuss topics like social skills, visual supports, self-regulation tips, communication strategies, and more! These webinars are for educators, families, and anyone else interested.
Lunch + Learns happen on the second Friday of each month from 12:00-12:30pm.

 

Antecedent Based Interventions

Antecedent-based interventions (ABI) are evidence-based strategies to use in the classroom (or at home) to support learners with engagement and behavior. Join our Lunch + Learn Webinar to learn hwo to use simple ABIs to transform your environment into a positive and predictable space for learning.

 

 

Resources

 

Daily Schedules

Visual supports like Change Alerts or Daily Schedules can create structured routines and clear expectations. 

Daily Schedule shows the sequence of tasks or activities for the day or the sequence of tasks or activities for a specific student. Some may need individual schedules in a format that will meet their needs and address daily schedule changes.

Download a Daily Schedule template

 
Daily Scheduel showing images of school arrival, breakfast, ELA, Independent Reading, PE, Lunch, Math, Indepedent Work, Brain Break, and Dismissal.

 

Preference Questionnaire

A Preference Questionnaire will give educators a bank of reinforcers that can be used to motivate their student during non-preferred activities. Everyone is willing to work for at least one thing….. it’s just finding that one thing! We know educators know a lot about their students, but family members may have some additional information that you can build on since they know their child best. Consider sending home this questionnaire, at the beginning of the school year, for all of your students with limited verbal skills as a good teaching practice! Once you have this info, then the team can discuss what the reinforcement plan will look like when implementing strategies..

Download a Daily Schedule template

 
Preference Assessment Questionnaire

Mark your calendar for our next Lunch + Learn!

Topic: Antecedent-Based Interventions
Date: October 11, 2024

With LASARD Facilitator Maia Thibodeaux MS, L/SLP  

More information to come.

 

About LASARD

The LASARD team is made up of experienced educators that mentor and support hundreds of educators across Louisiana to meet the unique needs of their diverse learners by implementing specialized supports. LASARD’s trainings are paired with with in-person, job-embedded coaching to ensure the use of evidence-based practices.

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LASARD is a project of the Human Development Center

LASARD is a project of the Human Development Center (HDC) at LSU Health New Orleans. HDC is Louisiana’s University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. HDC and its programs build the capacity of professionals, service providers, and families to ensure that people with disabilities are able to participate fully in all aspects of community life.

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