Michael Mongeau
Disability category
Strategy
Goal/Objective
When to use this strategy
Step by step instruction- How to use this
in a social studies classroom. You will
partner with a classmate to teach them
your strategy so be explicit and provide a
sample for your partner.
Assessment- How could this strategy be
used to evaluate student learning?
Citation
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Breaking Down Tasks
The student will be able to complete all parts of a
worksheet on the American Civil War.
This strategy should be used by a teacher who is
attempting to initiate a multi-part or multi-step
assignment. This is very broad, but could include study
guides, essays or reading responses.
1). Before assigning a multi-step or complicated
assignment, first, break that assignment into each of its
sub-steps that need to be completed before the final
assignment.
2). Write down (or state, depending on the needs of
students), each of these steps and hand them to a
student.
3). Check in with the student (or have them check in
with you) after every step is completed
4). Praise the student for completing every stage.
For many students with disabilities, they struggle with
assessments that include multiple stages, due to
frustration, fears that they cannot complete the
assignment, an inability to focus, or other reasons. This
allows students to complete more complicated
assessments, that they might not have normally been
able to complete. This is more so a modification to an
assessment than an assessment in and of itself.
Olivadoti, V. (2001). Homework Solutions For Weary
Students & Their Parents. Fountain Valley, CA:
Tori Publishing