Managing Special Groups
Students with Serious Social Deficits, Often Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder:
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Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD):
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Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired:
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Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing:
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Students with Emotional and/or Behavioral Problems:
- reduce known stressors, and provide a positive, supportive, structured, and predictable environment.
- recognize behavioral cues that are likely to precede an outburst so that an escalating situation can be prevented.
- require an individualized behavior plan with frequent reinforcement of targeted desired behaviors and specified consequences for challenging behavior.