| Table
1
Services Provided to Students During the Regular
School Year
Early Childhood or School Program -
ALL STUDENTS
FROM COHORT #1 |
| |
1999/2000
School Year
(N=67) |
2000/2001
School Year
(N=65) |
2001/2002
School Year
(N=62) | 2002/2003
School Year
(N=54) |
| Number
of Hours | Average
(hours) | Range
of hours | Average
(hours) | Range
of hours | Average
(hours) | Range
of
hours | Average (hours) | Range
of
hours |
| Average
number of hours of all services students received per week |
20 | | 22 |
7
to
35 |
29.5 | 12
to
39 | 30.3 | 10.5
to
45 |
| Average
number of hours of services received of one-to-one pull-out instruction with teacher
or assistant | 6
| 0
to
33 | 7.5 |
0
to
30 |
7.7 | 0
to
31 | 5.9 | 0
to
45 |
| Average number
of hours of services received in a large group (4 or more children to 1 adult) |
5.6 | 0
to
17 | | 0
to
30 | 7.7 |
0
to
35 | 8.9 | 0
to
32 |
| Average
number of hours of services received in a small group (2-3 children to 1 adult) |
4.1 | 0
to 21.3 | 3.6 |
0
to
24 |
4.6 | 0
to
32 | 11.2 | 0
to
29.6 |
| Average number of hours
of services received in a one-to-one instruction in a group |
3.9 | 0
to
25 | 4 |
0
to
22 | 8.6 |
0
to
35 | 3.2 | 0
to
32.8 |
| Average number of
hours of services received in pullout with a related services provider |
.6 | 0
to
5 | 1 |
0
to
5 | 1 |
0
to
5.5 | 1 | 0
to
3 |
|
|
| TABLE
2
SETTINGS WHERE SERVICES RECEIVED DURING REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR
(Some students
may receive services in more than one setting during a school day)
ALL
STUDENTS FROM COHORT #1 |
| Setting |
Percent of Students Receiving Service in this Setting |
| |
1999/2000 School Year |
2000/2001
School Year |
2001/2002
School Year | 2002/2003
School Year |
| |
Percent served in
this setting: |
Percent served in
this setting: |
Percent served in
this setting: | Percent
served in this setting: |
| Self-contained
classroom | 73% |
69% | 68% | 70% |
| Elementary school classroom |
28% | 53% |
61% | 48% |
| Special preschool classroom integrated
w/typical peers | 24% |
9% | 3% | 0% |
| Home |
18% | 5% |
5% | 6% |
| Community preschool w/ typical peers |
12% | 5% |
3% | 0% |
| Other setting |
3% |
13% | 7% | 0% |
TABLE 3 ONE
TO ONE INSTRUCTION DURING REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR
STUDENTS
FROM COHORT #1 |
| |
1999/2000
School Year |
2000/2001
School Year |
2001/2002
School Year | 2002/2003
School
Year |
| Percent
of all students in Cohort #1 receiving pull-out one-to-one instruction |
84% | 81% |
63% | 52% |
| Average number of hours per week of one-to-one
instruction received by the students who were given one-to-one instruction |
Average 7.1
hours |
Range
1 to 33 hours |
Average 9.1
hours |
Range
1 to 30
hours |
|
Range
1 to 31
hours | Average
12.4
hours | Range
.33
to 45
hours |
|
Type of pull-out one-to-one
teaching received per week:
| Average |
Range |
Average |
Range |
Average |
Range | Average | Range |
| Discrete Trial |
3.93 hours |
1 to 32 hours |
2.5
hours |
0 to 21 hours |
3.5
hours |
0 to 13 hours | 2.6
hours | 0
to 10.4
hours |
| Pivotal
Response | 1.71 hours |
1 to 7.5 hours | 1.18
hours | 0 to 9 hours |
1.9
hours | 0
to 7.5 hours | 1.14 | 0
to 7.5
hours |
|
Other Strategies
(functional routines, incidental teaching,
structured teaching, floor time, sensory integration, academics, and/or pecs) |
1.58 hours |
1 to 15 hours |
3.81 hours |
0 to 13 hours |
6.46 hours |
1 to 25 hours | 8.66
hours | 0
to 28.9 hours |
Cohort
#2 - Services Reported by Teachers
Cohort #2 included
56 students who began the study in 2001.
Each school year, teachers reported the number of hours and the type of services
their students received in their programs. Table 2 shows the information reported
by the students' service providers for the students in Cohort #2. |
|
Table 2
Services Provided to Students During
the Regular School Year
Early Childhood or School Program
- ALL STUDENTS
FROM COHORT #2 |
| | 2001/2002
School Year
(N = 56) | 2002/2003
School Year
(N = 48) |
| Number
of Hours | Average
(hours) | Range
(of hours) | Average
(hours) | Range
(of
hours) |
| Average
number of hours of all services students received per week |
11.8
hours |
1 to 22.5
hours | 13.11
hours | 3
to 33.5
hours |
| Average
number of hours of services received of one-to-one pull-out instruction with teacher
or assistant | 5.8
hours | 0
to 18
hours | 6.8
hours | 0
to 21
hours |
| Average
number of hours of services received in a large group (4 or more children to 1
adult) | 1.2
hours | 0
to 15
hours | 2.2
hours | 0
to 19
hours |
| Average
number of hours of services received in a small group (2-3 children to 1 adult) |
1.3
hours |
0 to 10
hours | 2.6
hours | 0
to 14
hours |
| Average
number of hours of services received in a one-to-one instruction in a group |
3
hours |
0 to 10
hours | 1
hour | 0
to 12
hours |
| Average
number of hours of services received in pullout with a related services provider
| 1
hour
| 0 to
8
hours | .50
(1/2
hour) | |
| |
| ONE TO ONE INSTRUCTION
DURING REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR
STUDENTS
FROM COHORT #2
|
| | 2001/2002
School Year
(N=56) | 2002/2003
School Year
(N=48) |
| Percent
of all students in Cohort #2 receiving pull-out one-to-one instruction |
88% | 79% |
| Average number of hours per week of one-to-one
instruction received by the students who were given one-to-one instruction |
Average 6.9
hours |
Range
.5 to 18
hours | | Range
.33
to 21
hours |
|
Type of pull-out one-to-one teaching received per week: |
Average |
Range | Average | Range |
| Discrete Trial |
2.37
hours |
0 to 8
hours |
2.58
hours | 0
to 10
hours |
| Pivotal
Response | 2.07
hours |
0 to 8
hours | 1.49
hours | 0
to 5
hours |
|
Other Strategies
(functional routines, incidental teaching,
structured teaching, floor time, sensory integration, academics, and/or pecs) |
2.46
hours |
| | 0
to 15
hours |