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How far should environmental accomodations go?
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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 440180" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>I fought this battle for Tigger. I finally convinced them to do it my way when it was clear that their way was leading to daily rages. Of course, then I had to fight the battle to get them to actually do it 100% and not just the parts that were easy. I think the KEY is getting them to comply was convincing them that until Tigger engaged with them, they were not going to reach him and their therapy/education they threw AT him was a waste of time; that by creating an environment that he felt safe that they would be able to start working WITH him and making progress. </p><p></p><p>Some of the things we had:</p><p></p><p>*'cave' area (a place where he could go and 'hide' - they tried a tent until he used it to roll around the floor then they went with my suggestion and took an old teacher's desk and put up a curtain to shield the area under it so he could crawl in)</p><p></p><p></p><p>*noise-cancelling headphones</p><p></p><p>*lights off when he started to escalate</p><p></p><p>*all staff goes non-verbal when he goes non-verbal</p><p></p><p>*allowed to keep shoes off in classroom</p><p></p><p>*allowed to do work anywhere in room (lying on floor, sitting in bean bag, etc)</p><p></p><p>That was end of 4th/beginning of 5th grade. By the end of 6th, he had progressed to using a small area of the classroom that was partitioned off with one of those office-cubby partial walls instead of a cave, he was only non-verbal twice since Christmas, he does his work at his desk and he keeps his shoes on most of the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 440180, member: 1169"] I fought this battle for Tigger. I finally convinced them to do it my way when it was clear that their way was leading to daily rages. Of course, then I had to fight the battle to get them to actually do it 100% and not just the parts that were easy. I think the KEY is getting them to comply was convincing them that until Tigger engaged with them, they were not going to reach him and their therapy/education they threw AT him was a waste of time; that by creating an environment that he felt safe that they would be able to start working WITH him and making progress. Some of the things we had: *'cave' area (a place where he could go and 'hide' - they tried a tent until he used it to roll around the floor then they went with my suggestion and took an old teacher's desk and put up a curtain to shield the area under it so he could crawl in) *noise-cancelling headphones *lights off when he started to escalate *all staff goes non-verbal when he goes non-verbal *allowed to keep shoes off in classroom *allowed to do work anywhere in room (lying on floor, sitting in bean bag, etc) That was end of 4th/beginning of 5th grade. By the end of 6th, he had progressed to using a small area of the classroom that was partitioned off with one of those office-cubby partial walls instead of a cave, he was only non-verbal twice since Christmas, he does his work at his desk and he keeps his shoes on most of the time. [/QUOTE]
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