Guidelines for CBI Process and Procedure for Community Based Instruction Fidelity of Implementation
Overview O Critical component O Natural environments for additional living O Repeated connection and vocational skills between classroom instruction. instruction and real life O Expectation is that situations. our students will live, O Based on real world work, shop and play needs of the student. in integrated O Collaborative decision environments in the making for best fit. community. 2
Overview O Generalizing skills from O Targeted skills should setting to setting. directly reference a O Community is the least real world task skill to restrictive maintain LRE. environment. O Students with O Opportunities to interact with typical, disabilities have a right non-disabled to a range of typical community members. experiences/activities. O Effective practice for O Research show 30 years. benefits. 3
Community Based Field Trip • Isolated experience Instruction (CBI) • Supplements • Ongoing instruction with curriculum activity reinforcement Combining • Not directly related to • Individual skills Skills: goals and objectives, • Vocational and but affords prevocational skills Communication opportunity for • Guided and independent Decision “hidden curriculum” practice for transfer and Making • Voluntary generalization Interpersonal • Pre-Teach Skills • Part of instruction 4
CBI Instructional Travel Log O Regular, systematic O Mileage documentation of O Goals progress toward IEP O Learning Domains goals. O Performance O Requires adequate Outcomes communication O This is not an optional between document, must be teacher/para/admin. completed for each O Date/Time child each CBI outing. O Location/Site 5
Planning Parent Input What does the family do in the community already? Ecological Inventory Is the site appropriate? What pre-requisite skills are necessary? Task Analysis Planned activity is broken down into finite steps What modifications are necessary for student? Baseline data on student output w/&w/o support. What can student actual perform on their own? 6
Life Skills Domains O Community Resources/Mobility O Communication/Decision Making/Interpersonal Pragmatics, Behaviors, Seeking Help O Life Management Domestic skills, financial O Recreation/Leisure social activities O Career/Vocational soft skills, hard skills, pre-voc. 7
Academics O Making a purposeful connection between the academic goals and the CBI activities. O What standards can be met while completing CBI task? 8
Identifying Sites O Specific locations should be identified within the students’ communities or within the school neighborhood. O Shoppi pping O Dining ing O Servic ices es O Recreati reational onal Facilities lities 9
Transportation O School Bus O Public Transportation O Private Transport 10
CBI cannot stand alone !!! O Must be linked to on-going classroom instruction and vice versa. O Must be treated like our typical instructional model Opening, ning, Work rk time, ime, Closing sing O Classroom instructor is obligated and ultimately responsible to ensure all parties know what needs to be done and outcomes are being met. O Staff must ensure safety of students at ALL times. 11
DATA COLLECTION IS REQUIRED 12
Documentation O Daily/Weekly Schedules O You must be able to document which IEP goals are being O Individual addressed during Instructional CBI activities and Strategies how they are being addressed. O Data Sheets 13
Costs and Funding Keep Receipts Problem solve with team on ways to defray costs Fund Raising See figure 5 on page 19 (Free activity ideas) 14
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