Context:
Morning circle followed by a shared reading activity. ‘T’ represents the teacher,
‘TA’ the teachers’ aides and ‘E’ represents Elodie.
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Support Materials for Students with Special Education Needs
English K–6
Case Studies
Case study 4
ABC record sheet – Elodie (morning circle)
Name: Elodie
Age: 7 years, 3 months
Date: November 2010
Antecedents
T:
Good morning Elodie.
Moves towards Elodie.
T:
Elodie, how do you feel? Are you
good?
Moves in closer proximity.
T:
Should we work out who is at
school today?
(One student, Daena, says
no.
)
T:
Let’s sing ‘Who is at School?’
and work out who is at school today.
Are you ready?
(Daena says
yeah.
)
T:
Who should we sing first?
Looks towards another student and waits.
T:
Who will we sing first?
TA (whispers to Elodie):
Elodie would
you like to go first?
T:
Are you ready? After 3 – 1, 2, 3 ...
Class sings song:
Who is at school today?,
Who is at school today? Elodie is at
school today. Hooray, hooray, hooray.
(Daena says
one
.)
T:
That’s what I was going to ask,
how many, and Daena already said it
‘That’s one’.
Behaviour(s)
Lifts head and vocalises.
E:
Ee
(approximation of hello).
Lifts head and moves hand.
E:
Ye.
Moves head up and down.
Moves head up and down.
E:
Eh.
Makes a closer approximation of
‘yes’, moves head up and down
and taps feet.
E:
Yes, eh.
E:
Eh
. Taps feet.
E:
Yes
.
E:
Ye.
Moves head up and down.
Elodie is sitting still.
Consequences
T:
Good morning. Thank you
.
T:
Yes or no? Are you good?
T:
I think that was a yes.
Are you good?
T:
Yes, that was a much
clearer yes. Thank you for
using your good, clear words.
T:
Oh, Elodie said ‘Yes’.
TA:
Elodie said ‘yes’. Definitely.
T:
Elodie, Elodie, we’re going
to sing Elodie first.
