Educational Issues Presentation

Lesson Plan
Issues Topic

Behavioural Assessments in Alberta Schools

Group
Members

Alexandra, Aaron,Landon, & Naomi

Learning
Objectives
What do you want
your classmates to
learn?

Assessment
How will you know
your classmates have
learned?

Materials
What resources will
you need for your
presentation?

Date

May 1, 2015

Students will understand current trends regarding the use of

behavioral assessments in Alberta schools.
move away from specific codes
movement towards the creation of individual strength-based
portfolios to aid in the creation of personalized intervention
programs.
collaborative effort
Students will understand the reasons for shifting trends in
behavioral assessment practices from coding to profile building.
coding tied to funding leads to over- and misidentification of
students for higher funding levels
Students will demonstrate knowledge of current uses of behavioral
assessments in Alberta schools in both small group and whole
group discussions.
group generator app
organizer on two different colours of paper (orange and green)
stop watch

Introduction
(5 minutes)

Speed dating (45 second with each partner)

Three questions:
With your partner talk about some behavioural problems you have
observed in your practicum.
With you partner talk about one thing you have observed your TA do
to address a behavioral problem.
Talk about how solutions to behavioural problems you have
observed in your practicum have been similar or different from your
own experiences as k-12 students.

Body
(10 minutes)

split students into four groups using a group generator app- two
groups of four and two groups of five.

groups 1 and 3 will be given a orange organizer with a link for an

article at the top of the page. Groups 2 and 4 will be given a green
sheet with a link for an article at the top of the page.
Each group will work together ( for 7 minutes) to generate a few
keys ideas from the article and record on individual organizers.
In the next 3 minutes, students with orange sheets will find a
student with a green sheet. Pairs will exchange key ideas they
learnt from their respective articles.
The two article groups will take a look at will be:
Orange: Wishart, D., & Jahnukainen, M. (2010). Difficulties associated
with the coding and categorization of students with emotional and
behavioural disabilities in Alberta. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties,
15(3), 181-187. Raad section: Problems in special education coding in
Alberta page 183. http://bit.ly/1HYEvYD
Green: "What is Functional Assessment?" Read Read Positive behavior
Supports Approach on page 2, and well as Conclusion on page 8.
http://www.acds.cao/PDF/Complex%20Needs
%20Booklets/What_is_a_functional_

Closure
(5 minutes)

As a whole class:
talk about what trends emerging regarding behavioral assessment
in Alberta schools
talk about why these trends might be emerging

Key Resources
(5-10 resources)

Supporting Positive Behaviors in Alberta Schools: a School-wide

Approach:
http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/egovdocs/2008/aled/165333.p
df
Supporting Positve Behaviors in Alberta Schools: a Classroom
Approach:
http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/egovdocs/2008/aled/165333.p
df
Supporting Postive Behaviors in Alberta Schools: an Intensive
Individualized Approach:
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/inspb1/html/introduction.html
Special Education Coding Criteria:
https://education.alberta.ca/media/825847/lspedcodingcriteria.pdf
What is Functional Assessment ? http://www.acds.ca/PDF/Complex
%20Needs

%20Booklets/What_is_a_functional_assessment_printable_format.p
df
Chapter 6: Managing Challenging Behaviour
https://education.alberta.ca/media/512928/autism4.pdf
Alberta Student Assessment Study
http://people.ucalgary.ca/~cwebber/ASAS/ASASmain/asasProposal.
pdf
Assessment: A Personal Classroom Management Approach
http://www.teachers.ab.ca/Publications/ATA%20Magazine/Volume
%2087/Number%202/Articles/Pages/Assessment%20%20A
%20Personal%20Classroom%20Management%20Approach.aspx
Professional
References
(2 APAreferenced
resources)

McIntosh, K., Bennett, J. L., & Price, K. (2011). Evaluation of Social

and Academic effects of School-wide Positive Behaviour Support in
a Canadian school district. Exceptionality Education International,
21(1), 46-60.
Wishart, D., & Jahnukainen, M. (2010). Difficulties associated with
the coding and categorization of students with emotional and
behavioural disabilities in Alberta. Emotional and Behavioural
Difficulties, 15(3), 181-187.