8 Principles for Classroom Instruction

1. Give appropriate expectations and planned supports to students prior to failure.
2. Use a sequential gradation of activities to assure students are progressing at their level.
3. Plan for generalization of skills into the curriculum.
4. Engage students to help motivation and initiation.
5. Integrate interventions across all staff members and in as many settings as possible.
6. Teach skills according to the student’s chronological age, developmental stage, and academic levels.
7. Include both individual and group interventions so the student practices performing the skill in multiple settings and contexts.
8. Measure improvements within the context the student is working, along with formalized measurements.

Adapted from:

Ylvisaker,M., Szekeres, S.F., & Hartwick, P., (1994). A framework for cognitive intervention. In R.C. Savage & G.F. Wolcott (Eds.), Educational dimensions of acquired brain injury (pp. 35–67). Austin, TX: ProEd.