LAC 28:CXLVI.307. Learning Environments

A. The teacher candidate uses positive motivational and instructional interventions to teach students with exceptionalities how to adapt to different environments. B. The teacher candidate sets expectations for personal and social behavior of students with exceptionalities in various settings such as the classroom, library, cafeteria, gymnasium, and/or job site and incorporates the expectations into effective instructional routines, lesson plans, IEP goals, and objectives. 1. The teacher candidate provides positive visual, physical, and/or motivational support to individual students for integration into various settings. C. The teacher candidate designs and adapts learning environments for diverse student populations that facilitate active participation in individual and group activities. D. The teacher candidate modifies the learning environment, including the physical arrangement, student grouping, instructional intensity, pacing, and embedded assistive technology supports, to proactively manage student behaviors and unique learning needs. 1. The teacher candidate uses a variety of non-aversive techniques to control targeted behavior and maintain attention of students with exceptionalities. 2. The teacher candidate uses assessment data to select appropriate environmental accommodations and modifications to address deficits in student behaviors and learning needs. E. The teacher candidate intervenes safely and appropriately when students with exceptionalities are in crisis. F. The teacher candidate designs and implements positive interventions to develop and strengthen on task/desirable behaviors. G. The teacher candidate plans and implements individualized reinforcement systems and environmental modifications at levels equal to the intensity of student behavior and function.