Strategies for Drug-Exposed Kids
Ms. Ellie Giles is an educational and management consultant. She is known for work with behavior-disordered and drug-exposed kids. Questions for Thought: 1. How can environmental modification affect drug-exposed kids? 2. What are some of the strategies for teaching self-monitoring? I. Cory's World II. Environmental Modifications
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Movable equipment and materials
- Removed to reduce stimulation
- Added to enrich an activity
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Structure and organization
- Encourages interaction
- Promotes self-organization skills
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Establish routines
- Structured and constant
- Predictable
- Clearly defined
- Making transitions
- Remain alert
- Intervene quickly
- Model effective communication
- Notice directions
- Check for understanding
- Define the behavior
- Observe and record behavior
- Set goals
- Disctiss motivators
- Select procedures
- Rehearse
- Include all participants
TEACHING DRUG-EXPOSED CHILDREN
I. Characteristics of Drug-Exposed Children
- Highly distractible
- Demonstrate difficulty communicating
- Directions repeated
- Tend to frustrate easily
- In constant motion
- Prone to violent rages
- Cry frequently
- The classroom should have movable materials and equipment which can be easily removed to reduce stimulation, or added to enrich an activity.
- The classroom should have a structure and organization which encourages student interactions with that environment and also promotes self-organization skills.
- Routines should be established which are structured, constant, predictable, and clearly defined.
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Define the behaviors:
- behaviors that can be seen, heard, or touched
- definitions should refer to directly observable actions
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Observe and record the behaviors:
- establish pafferns or stages of response
- Conference with your student
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Establish a goal:
- Student must recognize behaviors and respond to them in an acceptable manner
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Discuss types of motivators:
- Things that went well with your student
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Select teaching procedures:
- How will you teach recognition and response?
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Rehearse and role play:
- Involve everyone
- Plan for possible obstacles
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Include all participants:
- parents and other teachers
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Monitor and collect data:
- allows you to modify the plan over time
- as each strategy is mastered, supports are removed and independence is encouraged
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