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?

Introduction
(5 minutes)

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 overand 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

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/1
65333.pdf
Supporting Positve Behaviors in Alberta Schools: a
Classroom Approach:

http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/egovdocs/2008/aled/1
65333.pdf
Supporting Postive Behaviors in Alberta Schools: an
Intensive Individualized Approach:
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/inspb1/html/introduction.h
tml
Special Education Coding Criteria:
https://education.alberta.ca/media/825847/lspedcodingcriteri
a.pdf
What is Functional Assessment ?
http://www.acds.ca/PDF/Complex%20Needs
%20Booklets/What_is_a_functional_assessment_printable_f
ormat.pdf
Chapter 6: Managing Challenging Behaviour
https://education.alberta.ca/media/512928/autism4.pdf
Alberta Student Assessment Study
http://people.ucalgary.ca/~cwebber/ASAS/ASASmain/asasPr
oposal.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.