C. Learning Media Assessment – Sensory Learning Kit – Flashcards

The SRS constitutes a robust record review of the student's recent and past medical and sensory history.

You and/or a team member will access the student's cumulative records to complete all areas of the SRS. In addition, you may need to ask questions of the student's parents, ophthalmologist, related service providers or others until you have a complete record on the student.

You will use the results of the SRS to help the team plan for the student assessment session, the Sensory Response Record (SRR) which is the green edged form. You will have info to indicate which sensory channels to assess and what types of items to use to elicit pleasurable responses.

This profile is used only when it is difficult to determine when the student is alert and ready to learn. It is typically used for minimally responsive students, to pinpoint times when assessment or instruction is likely to be successful.

As with all the forms, you will follow the written directions included in the assessment guide. It is important to get a variety of observations at varying times during the day to collect data on the student's state of alertness during the school day.

From the data taken during Arousal State Profile observations you will be able to pinpoint the time or times of day when the student is most likely to be alert and ready to learn. Schedule assessment sessions accordingly.

This important form is used to document the student's responses to items presented according to the SLK directions. A number of data points are collected for each presentation and scored individually by each assessor. Scores are compared and combined to get final scores.

The SRR data points include: item presented, sensory channel, was response positive or negative, any delay in the response, intensity of response, at which of the 4 levels, ES, QA, AA, PP, did the student respond?

Extended State, ES, student is cranky, sleepy, ill, not ready to learn; Quiet Alert, QA, in an alert state, though not necessarily tuned in to item; Active Alert, AA, indicates student is showing active interest in item; Partial Participation, PP, student participates to the extent possible.

Sensory Response Record data is analyzed to determine the following: student's preferred items, amount of delay in responding, if any, intensity of student response, and response level: ES, QA, AA, PP. The most highly motivating items are the student's "learning or literacy media"

Once the Sensory Response Record is administered and the results scored by as many members of the team as possible, never fewer than two team members, a list of the most intensely pleasurable items will be made.

The items listed on the AAL represent the items and types of items to be used as learning/literacy media with this student. We use ONLY appetite items with students as part of instructional activity routines and avoid those identified as aversions.

The LSG gathers the data from each column on the Sensory Response Record, green edged forms, and reports it on the LSG so that data may be used in planning what level of response is expected and what strategies will be used for instruction.

Data gathered will form a baseline for the student's LMA and will be used to create highly pleasurable instructional routines, to be included in their IEP's and daily instruction. Progress data will be taken to insure effective instruction to increase student's skills and abilities.