Individualized Instruction
Software alone is not enough and TeachTown Basics is a complete program. We don’t believe in “teacher in a box.” Generalization activities are a fundamental part of the program and of any ABA therapy. Such activities are necessary for students to demonstrate acquired skills in a different educational setting.
Our program offers 300 generalization lessons that are clearly and explicitly written, making the lessons easy to implement for educators, para-educators, and caregivers. The curriculum for the generalization lessons includes the same 6 learning domains and 5 levels as the computer curriculum, and each activity is linked to one or more lessons in the TeachTown Basics software.
Our program offers 300 generalization lessons that are clearly and explicitly written, making the lessons easy to implement for educators, para-educators, and caregivers. The curriculum for the generalization lessons includes the same 6 learning domains and 5 levels as the computer curriculum, and each activity is linked to one or more lessons in the TeachTown Basics software.
There are numerous opportunities for individualizing the generalization lessons. A sliding ability curriculum map within each activity makes it easy to differentiate instruction to meet the needs of students with varying ability levels:
- Make it Easy: Provides a modified learning objective or additional prompting to make the lesson easier.
- Make it Hard: Increases the difficulty level of the learning objective, promoting expressive language and skill independence.
- Make it Fun: Further promotes generalization by including fun, engaging, and interactive components to the lesson.
- Make it Meaningful: Provides suggestions on how to make the lesson more meaningful for the student, promoting generalization in other environments and across multiple individuals.
- Related Activities: Suggests other activities that further address the learning objective and similar related skills.