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Support Materials for Students with Special Education Needs
English K–6
Case Studies
Case study 5
Response to oral comments and statements record sheet – Carlos
(cont)
Type of Comment or Statement Student Response
Supports
Level 1: Single-word comments and statements
(cont)
Action words said as the student
engages in related movement
Verbs:
1.
Oh rocking
(as Carlos is
1. Looks at teacher, smiles
1.
rocking on therapy ball).
and rocks faster, giggling.
2.
Scrub, scrub, scrub
2. a) Looks at his hands and
2. a)
(said as Carlos is holding
teacher’s hands.
hands under water).
b) Copies teacher’s actions.
b) Teacher repeats comment
and models action.
3.
Shake, shake, shake
3. Looks at teacher and begins to 3. Teacher is modelling action.
(said as student turns off tap).
shake hands after short delay.
Level 2: Simple sentence comments or statements about immediate surrounds
Comments or statements about
the immediate surroundings when
obvious contextual cues are present
Comments or statements:
1. During song
‘Today is,
1. No response. Says
Tuesday
1. Familiar song with time left
today is …’
on second repetition.
for student to respond.
2. Responds to lyrics in
2. Uses gestures:
2. Gestures are shown on
‘Hello My Friend’
song:
video and by teacher.
a)
It’s great to see your face
a) Outlines face
Highly familiar song.
b)
Hello, my friend
b) Waves hand
c)
It’s nice to see your smile
c) Quickly draws finger
across face
d)
Shake your hands with me
d) Puts out hand to shake
e)
Hear you laugh
e) Cups hand around mouth
3.
Henry has a star. Tash has a star.
3. Looks at another student’s
3. Star chart is displayed.
visual supports, unrelated to
the comments.
4.
Carlos gets a star for good
4. Carlos smiles and looks at
4. Teacher holds the star and
sitting.
star chart.
makes move to place it on
the board.
5.
It’s time for …
5. No response. Carlos is looking
5. Photographic sequence
at teacher.
depicting athletics events
and ‘Who’s Here’ board in
front of Carlos.
