What is Developmental Therapy-Teaching?
DTT provides a developmentally based educational approach for teachers, administrators, mental health professionals, and parents seeking to improve educational outcomes for special and general education students.
It also:
Guides teaching social, emotional, and behavioral competencies from early childhood through high school — doing, saying, relating, thinking
Benefits students with severe social, emotional, or behavioral disabilities and those with autism, Asperger syndrome, or other sensory-integrative disabilities that affect behavior, learning, and social interactions
Provides results in evidence-based yearly progress for students
Guides teaching for troubled children and teens to be increasingly responsible individuals
Increases social, emotional, and behavioral competencies needed for learning
Provides four content areas regarded as essential for greater competence at school and at home: Behavior, Communication, Socialization, and Cognition
Can be used in conjunction with other academic and social skills curricula to enhance academic achievement, social-emotional development, and responsible behavior
Define sequentially ordered instructional practices and content for use with preschoolers, school-age children, and teenagers, with or without disabilities
