Symbiotic Intervention
Symbiotic Intervention
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Using symbiotic interventions...
Prevents too many individual behavior supports happening at once
Provides connection between at least two students
Allows for efficiency and support.
Implementation
Implementation
A symbiotic intervention consists of providing two different students with mutually beneficial interventions.
The students needs are assessed and creative solutions are provided to find ways to pair the intervention.
Core components
Core components
Student needs must match in order for the intervention to work.
The goal is to make intervention implementation more efficient.
Bucket fits
Bucket fits
Proactive Implementation
Proactively implementing symbiotic interventions may look like setting up a document to monitor current interventions of each student and the needs that the interventions are attempting to meet. You then have the flexibility to pair most effectively.
Responsive Implementation
Responsively implementing symbiotic intervention may stem from a burned out or overly cumbersome set of students utilizing different interventions. Inventorying the needs of each student and seeing if there are possible matches to support the needs of both students is neccessary.
Connection
One example of a symbiotic intervention opportunity is mentoring. This could look like allow an older student who needs skill building to act as a mentor and teach a younger student who may need connection. This pairing allows the younger student to fill their need for connection with an older student mentor and the older student fills their need of skill building by teaching the younger student different skills they may learn in whole class or small group skill instruction.
Skills Training
The older student gets to act as a role model and is generally more willing to accept skills training when they believe they will have the opportunity to teach the younger student those skills. We know that authentic transfer of skills can be demonstrated when a student must teach other. This increased level of responsibility allows the student to feel empowered.
Awareness
If the need is awareness then the students may have to determine their personal need for support. Having students complete a goal inventory or held offered survey may lead to pairings.
Emotional Regulation
If the need is regulation then the student may use symbiotic intervention by picking up others for breaks and showing the different ways someone may utilize a break.
Consider Factors Prior to Start
Student factors-
Gender, race, function, topography, family dynamics, interpersonal relationships
Contextual factors -
Resource availability, classroom instruction, physical space, time, technology
Intensifying or Fading During
Duration
Frequency
Feedback
Reinforcement
Goals
REMINDER
Make a note to document when you're starting this intervention.
After 10 consecutive school days of implementation, use collected data to determine the intervention's effectiveness.
Resource
Resource
https://wildlifeinformer.com/animals-with-symbiotic-relationships/
The Tarantula & the frog
When I think of tarantula’s, I think of a classmate of mine in elementary school that brought in his pet tarantula for show and tell. I remember hearing the facts about the tarantula’s diet and it’s molting practices. For all intents and purposes my impression of a tarantula has been they are solo artists that I wouldn’t want to particularly disrupt in the wild. There is however a really interesting relationship between a the Colombian lesserback tarantula and a small breed of fog called the dotted humming frog.These two animals mutually support eachother. The Colombian lesserback will seek out this small frog to co-habitat in its burrow. The Colombian lesserback requires frequent molting and exposes a soft body post molt that leaves them heavily vulnerable for a short time. They seek out the frog for protection. The dotted humming frog does not attempt to eat the tarantula but instead eats all the potentially dangerous insects that could raid the burrow while the tarantula is molting. In return the frog has a protector and steady food source. What’s interesting is that the colombian lesserback tarantula is actually known for eating frogs. The lesserback will “check” to see species of frogs and eat any expect the dotted humming frog.
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