Abstract
Teaching the Teacher: Functional Intervention Assistance for the Classroom
Abstracts of the 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology
International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP): From crisis to sustainable well-being, 28th (Paris, France, 08-Jul-2014–13-Jul-2014)
2014
Abstract
Educational facilities have the difficult decision to make of how best to spend their funding dollars in meeting the needs of both the teachers (i.e., professional development) and the child (i.e., maximising their educational outcomes). Auspiciously, they choose to send their teachers along to a centrally run "world leader" in education of children with special needs. These seminars of are great educational benefit and when delivered on mass can still provide teachers with a base line to work from in understanding the child in which they interact each day. The functional programs provide further assistance in what to do with that child. The key concern is that when working with a child on the Autism Spectrum it is in itself curtailed by the name. The 'Spectrum' presents children with such a wide range of difficulties and concerns that one generalised provision of information would struggle to capture the issues that each teacher has on 'Monday', leaving the rest of the week lagging behind. It is proposed that teacher training be extended to a focus group format where teachers have laid before them the requisite professionals who can answer questions presented about each individual child presented. This format would provide both individual and peer learning, on a case formulation basis by educating teachers from a functional perspective also allowing the transference of skills to other children.
Details
- Title
- Teaching the Teacher: Functional Intervention Assistance for the Classroom
- Authors
- Michelle Curran (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and BusinessMachelle Flowers-Smith (Author) - Catholic Education
- Publication details
- Abstracts of the 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology
- Conference details
- International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP): From crisis to sustainable well-being, 28th (Paris, France, 08-Jul-2014–13-Jul-2014)
- Publisher
- International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP)
- Date published
- 2014
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2014 International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP). Reproduced here with permission.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448862202621
- Output Type
- Abstract
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