Most of our learners’ end goal is to be able to learn in a group environment, like a classroom or a community group. Let’s face it, one-to-one ABA is awesome but it’s not realistic forever and ever. We want our learners to start paying attention, responding, and learning in group situations. Therefore, at some point, we need to practice whole-group instruction. Here, we cover the best way to initiate and facilitate this type of instruction.
The Benefits of Group Instruction
In this discussion, we define whole-group instruction and talk about the benefits of choral responding. We also discuss why groups are so beneficial for younger kids, how to have more experienced learners model new skills, and how to incorporate direct instruction techniques.
When starting out teaching in a group, you can do a fun activity with a group of two or more learners and take data on their group participation—following instructions, raising their hand, etc. You can use a group instruction data sheet to record this data. Make sure you download our group instruction data sheet below.
What’s Inside:
- How to initiate and facilitate whole group instruction
- Benefits of choral responding
- How to incorporate direct instruction
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