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Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit
Part B State Performance Plan
indicators.
Disobedient, Disruptive, Defiant, and Disturbed Students: This workshop focuses on
interventions that schools should implement to assist challenging students who are behaviorally
unsuccessful in schools. Prevention, strategic intervention and intense or crisis management
levels are discussed and case examples are provided as appropriate. Information is provided
concerning problem situations where the intervention is most used, functional assessment
outcomes that link to make this intervention relevant, age levels where the intervention is most
successful and the severity level of the student and/or problem. There were 16 participants that
included special education teachers, assistant principals, alternative learning environment
teachers, and due process designees.
Help Me Get Social: Help Me "Get Social" is an overview of a Michelle Garcia Winner
program, Social Thinking Approach to Support Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders to
Develop Social Skills. The workshop deals with concepts including social thinking vocabulary,
three levels of perspective taking, clues on grouping, core social thinking requirements, and
teaming. The workshop was offered in two regions of the state and had 80 participants which
included parents, speech language pathologists, paraprofessionals, and LEA administrators.
Just Do the Right Thing in the Classroom (JDRT): JDRT is an innovative cognitive and
behavioral program for grades K-12. JDRT uses ten core principles that are presented to
students in question/ answer format. Teachers learn to build character in the student and
facilitate behavior management. This workshop is designed to create "success in the moment."
The workshop had 24 participants including general and special education teachers, counselors,
library specialists, school psychologists, life skills teachers, and higher education faculty.
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) Basic: The PECS Basic training is a
language training package that is used to teach communication skills rapidly to those with
limited functional speech. Participants learn how to implement the six phases of PECS,
including attributes, through presenter demonstrations, video examples and role-play
opportunities. The 37 participants included special and general education teachers, speech
language pathologists, and early childhood behavior consultants, who learned how to
implement PECS with individuals with autism, related developmental disabilities, and/or
limited communication skills.
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) Advanced: The PECS Advanced training is
a two-day advanced picture exchange communication system (PECS) training package that
teaches communication skills rapidly to those with limited functional speech. It promotes
communication within a social context. The training focuses on a thorough review of how to
implement PECS, such as implementation problems, discrimination difficulties and cutting
edge problem solving strategies. The 34 participants learned strategies for incorporating PECS
across an entire day within functional contexts with expectations for the student to use language
beyond single picture requests. Participants included speech language pathologists,
paraprofessionals, special education teachers, administrators, and related services providers.
Pivotal Response Training: PRT is a family-centered approach that may be implemented
throughout the day and across natural environments such as in the home, at school or in the
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