Evidence-based instructional design

In this unit, you will be introduced to evidence-based instructional tactics for teaching learners with diverse needs. We will explore child development from a behaviour analytic perspective, with an emphasis on communication, language, social, and emotional development. You will learn to select meaningful intervention goals and strategies based on the learners strengths, needs, preferences, supporting environments, risks, constraints, and social validity. We will explore how and when to use evidence-based instructional tactics (including shaping, chaining, discrete trial teaching, natural environment teaching, multiple exemplar instruction, and precision teaching) and how to use data to inform teaching decisions and clinical problem solving. We will also review strategies for promoting maintenance and generalisation of skills, with an emphasis on facilitating the social inclusion of our learners.