Time constraints are making it difficult for behavioral therapists to analyze the data they’ve collected. Bethan's goal is to bring charting to people in order to help them produce an efficient and measurable output.
Bethan Mair Williams has worked as a Speech and Language Therapist in the British public health sector for over 20 years. She has an amazing organization called the British Royal College Clinical Excellence Network for Speech Therapists. In today's episode, Bethan shares a very unique perspective on the ABA and Speech world, especially using Precision Teaching.
HIGHLIGHTS
00:35 Intro to Bethan Mair Williams
06:15 Teaching the methods of charting to classroom assistants: An efficient way in giving kids targeted measurable intervention
10:04 Benefits of charting for Speech & Language Therapists
18:07 How Bethan motivates teachers and Speech & Language Pathologists to do charting
25:14 The profound effects of charting to students
37:34 On the dark side of data collection
44:02 Is there still room for qualitative data?
GLOSSARY
SAFMEDS (Say All Fast Minute Every Day Shuffled) - An assessment procedure that is useful for vocabulary acquisition
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QUOTES
09:17 There's this huge push in our profession to take data but nobody teaches us how to do it effectively and efficiently given our time constraints.
14:20 "One of the really useful ways to use a chart is to measure the use of augmentative or alternative communication."
18:53 "You can't just give someone a book or a manual. The most important advice I have ever given when I trained as a speech and language therapist was, do not give the average person anything longer than a piece of paper one side because they will not read it."
27:50 "It is the biggest thrill ever to see that look in a kid's eyes when they're not relying on the adult to tell them all the time what it is to do, they are truly thinking for themselves."
32:45 "Our goal to show people how to measure, how to do it efficiently, and how to make sure that they get their work done as fast as possible so that kids, in particular, can be kids, get outside, play, do lots of fun stuff, and not sit trapped at tables for hours on end."
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