Special Education (Co-teaching options)

 Next DQ's Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the co-teaching options presented in this week's readings. Of the options presented, which do you plan to use within your classroom and why? DQ2 Review the assignment scenario for this week. Identify and describe two recommended strategies that you would use to de-escalate the situation. Rationalize your choices.  Imagine you have a student with autism in your class. He is struggling with working in a group, getting along with other students, and interacting at age-appropriate levels within the group. You regularly use group work for assignments, often daily. You find that your student with autism has meltdowns during each and every group work session. Sometimes he even has these meltdowns before you put students in groups, as he anticipates the overstimulation before it even occurs. Other students have expressed concerns and have asked to not work with him and not be in his group. When meltdowns occur, they affect the entire classroom for several minutes. The outbursts range from mild to moderate, from tantrums to crying or shutting down.