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Helpful Information for Teachers of Complex Learners During a Pandemic

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Helpful Information for Teachers of Complex Learners During a Pandemic

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Social stories detail a social situation that a complex learner may need extra help in understanding. Social stories are used to teach skills by breaking down information about everyday situations into understandable sentences to reduce anxiety regarding the situation. By continued reviewing of the social story, the complex learner can increase comprehension and improve tolerance for a challenging social situation.

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Breaking down the task of mask wearing into smaller increments makes learning easier when each step can be mastered and combined for success.

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Using ABA Discrete Trials to practice and master mask wearing can help to desensitize a complex student to the adversity of masks.

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Asking a student to wear a mask, to avoid the spread or contraction of Covid 19, can be difficult - especially when that student is a complex learner.  Breaking the mask-tolerating procedures into small, easy to understand tasks that are consistently re-introduced can improve comprehension.