ASSIGNMENT | Benchmark – Functional Communication Training Plan Reflection and Revision

In this course, you completed and implemented a Functional Communication Training (FTC) Plan. For this assignment, reflect upon your implementation experiences in order to revise your plan.

Part 1: Reflection

Reflect upon the implementation of the FCT and its impact on the student with ASD. In a 250-500-word summary, include the following:

Summarize the targeted intervention goal/outcome and results of the implemented Functional Communication Training Plan.
How did your experiences with implementing your plan and AAC improve program supports and services for the observed student with ASD? Identify in what ways you would alter your plan to meet the needs of the student.
Part 2: Revision

Now, having reflected upon your Functional Communication Training Plan and its implementation, revise your plan to incorporate identified areas of needed improvement.

Be sure to:

Design and modify instruction, including an additional intervention goal/outcome that promotes effective communication and social skills. Incorporate additional or different assistive technologies to improve programs, supports, and services for your identified individual with ASD.
Address how you will modify the instructions to enhance verbal and nonverbal communication in accord with the needs of your identified individual with ASD.
Suggest and outline 3-5 next steps in continuing the use of the AAC and the use of communication supports at home.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Benchmark – Functional Communication Training Plan Reflection and Revision
Part 1: Reflection
Reflecting upon the implementation experience of the Functional Communication Training Plan (FCT), the targeted intervention goal/outcome was determined as follows: to identify the objective and purpose of difficult behavior, and give autistic children appropriate ways of communication that required less effort, for example, using gestures, pictures, keyword sign, or speech (Gregori et al., 2020). The implementation of…