linking research to real life
.
SART: Strategy Assessment and Revision Tool
A Tool for Evaluating, Revising, or Creating Plans
PART THREE
Co-Developers
Wendy Szakacs
OCALI Regional Consultant
Chris Filler
OCALI Program Director
Lifespan Transitions Center
A division of the ESC of Central Ohio
WHY Does A Strategy Work?
Strategy Assessment Revision Tool (SART)
Strategy
Name Here
Predictable
and
Consistent
• New information is best learned through
repetition and uniformity of instruction
• Strategy/intervention needs to be same across
environments and people
Carroll, et al, 2007
Power Cards
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Targets specific behaviors
Individual’s special interest
Entertaining
Easy to develop
Teaches cause and effect
Specific behavior and
consequence
Power Card Example
Will Smith wants you to remember:
•Stay calm when you or someone
else makes a mistake.
•Ask for help when you make a
mistake.
•Everyone makes mistakes!
Consider the “Incredible 5-Point Scale”
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Controls emotional
reactions
Student participates
Identifies problem
Enhances alternative,
positive behaviors
We just put
on our
coats
Let’s
Go
We’re
Done
Here
Are you
ready
The ‘Art’ of
Communicating
It’s
about
time
Often we use many
different ways to prompt
and communicate to
someone the same
message. The person
may not predict the
intent or the purpose.
Predictable & Consistent Resources
Handbook of Special
Education Technology
Research
Edyburn, Higgins, Boone
The Paraprofessional’s
Handbook for Effective
Support in Inclusive
Classrooms
Causton-Theoharis
WHY Does A Strategy Work?
Strategy Assessment Revision Tool (SART)
Strategy
Name Here
Reliable
Implementation
• Making sure all steps of a strategy are being
taught in the way it was developed and studied
• Requires ongoing data collection and analysis
Carroll et al, 2007
Implementation
Reliable Implementation Resources
http://nirn.fpg.unc.edu/
National Implementation Research
Network