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I Took Over A Maternity Leave For A Classroom

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Part A I took over a maternity leave for a classroom teacher in a District 75 school. It was a self-contained classroom with a 6:1:2 ratio with three boys and three girls all diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The children’s nationalities range in two are Hispanic, two are East Asian, one is European and one is of African descent. The students’ primary language is English and their ages range from 6 ½-8 yrs. old. The students are all high functioning and they are all verbal. The classroom students receive a variety of services individually and there is push-in instruction for whole classroom support. The supports and services include occupational and physical therapy speech, as well ESL. The day starts when the students enter the …show more content…

When a student completes their workstation task, they get to use the iPad. The students do workstation twice a day. After workstation, gym, snack, story time, literacy, lunch and special activity follows on Mondays. This is the typical schedule of the class. The special activity can includes games or exercise activities that the students can participate in. Fridays are called Fun Fridays because the students get to watch a movie at the end of the day. Also on Fridays, the occupational therapist pushes in for 30 minutes. She collaborates on a variety of movement activities which include students doing yoga and meditation. She begins with a warm up where the students stretch. Then she plays music for the students to listen to and it helps the students to know what the upcoming steps are. Behavioral problems the students display include throwing themselves on the floor and throwing items. John exhibits these problems, and he also pushes his work away or he will push the paraprofessional when he does not get his way or when he feels defeated. Sara bites, slaps, kicks, and squeezes the hands of adults when they attempt to make her do her work and all she wants to do is use the iPad and play with her PowerPuff doll. Josie hits herself and bites her fingers when she desires something and she is not able to attain it. In addition, there are days that Josie will

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