Saturday, December 5, 2015

Strategies That Teachers Can Use to Overcome “Learned Helplessness”

o   Build a daily expectation of communication through specific activities such as choosing the activity during recess, picking a book to read, or identifying where to eat lunch

o   Construct a brief daily report to parents that is communicated by the student

o   Allow natural consequences to occur and provide avenues for repair. This includes setups that alter the environment to provide less support or sabotage.

o   Provide for choice making whenever possible that requires the student to use his or her augmentative communication system.


o   Provide powerful phrases on the device for students to reject or protest something.

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