Active Learning provides developmentally appropriate activities for children so that they can learn new skills. Especially for children with special needs, it's about providing and environment so that they can be an active participant.
The person has to be active. There needs to be repetition. It has to be a person's developmental level. There needs to be some kind of reinforcements and you need to limit the amount of interruptions in a person's environment.
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Developed by Dr. Nielsen to meet the needs of children and adults with multiple special needs who are functioning at a developmental level under 48 months. The purpose of the tool is to create the best possible basis for developing an appropriate learning program for the individual.
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Active Learning Cohort Group
Bob Chochola, Mary McKinnie, and Darrell Seassums participated in an Active Learning Cohort with Region 11 and TSBVI staff members for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years. During this study, these teachers received hands-on training about active learning principles.
They applied the active learning principles by focusing on a particular student and assessing them with the functional scheme. The TSBVI staff strongly recommend assessing sensorimotor learners with the functional scheme every year to guide the active learning process in their classrooms.
