Lesson SEN 24
Task: Catch a ball (basketball size).
Prerequisites: SEN 11, SEN 12
Concept: This skill involves hand-eye coordination and gross-motor abilities. The emphasis of this sample lesson is capitalizing on the gross-motor prerequisite skills (SEN 11 and SEN 12) and shaping those abilities into the process of catching a ball.
Behavioral Objective: When a ball (about the size of a basketball) is gently thrown from a distance of approximately 5 feet to the student, whose arms are outstretched, the student will catch the ball to a 90% accuracy level for 20 trials.
Materials: A pillow, a beach ball, and a basketball.
Task Analysis:
1. Using the pillow, begin by prompting the student to hold the pillow. Moving the pillow about 1 foot away from the student, gently throw the pillow to the student. Provide physical assistance if needed.
2. Continue Step 1, gradually increasing the distance for throwing the pillow to 5 feet.
3. Replace the pillow with the beach ball. If difficulties are encountered, let some air out of the ball to make its texture closer to that of the pillow.
4. Replace the beach ball with a basketball. If difficulties are encountered, begin this step by first sitting down with the student, rolling the ball to him or her and then transitioning to a standing position.