A token economy is a system for providing positive reinforcement to a child or children by giving them tokens for completing tasks or behaving in desired ways. Token economies are used as a method of strengthening a behavior or increasing its frequency, because the tokens are a way of “rewarding” children for completing tasks. … Read More Evidenced-Based Practices: The Use of Token Economies as Conditioned Reinforcement
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Motivation: The Key Ingredient To Producing Effective Learning
Steve Ward’s book What You Need to Know about Motivation and Teaching Games: An in Depth Analysis focuses on the concept of incorporating motivation while teaching children, especially when teaching them various play activities. Research Whether or not a person is motivated, largely determines how well that person will perform on a task. Steve… Read More Motivation: The Key Ingredient To Producing Effective Learning
Behavior: How Do We Measure Up?
Over 1,500 schools, confirmed incidents occur within the classroom, with defiance and disruption as two of the most frequent types of behaviors that result in office discipline referrals. The first step in crafting an intervention for any behavior is to operationally define the behavior in measurable, observable, and objective terms. Research Dealing with the… Read More Behavior: How Do We Measure Up?
Power Struggles: Re-channeling Student Behavior in Productive Ways by Noticing Feelings and Changing Responses
Power struggles often result from minor incidents that escalate into highly aversive situations for both the students and the teachers (Kerr & Valenti, 2009). Power struggles produce a strain on teacher-student relationships. Research Power struggles often result from minor incidents that escalate into highly aversive situations for both the students and the teachers (Kerr… Read More Power Struggles: Re-channeling Student Behavior in Productive Ways by Noticing Feelings and Changing Responses
Self-Monitoring: Helping Students Help Themselves Through Positive Behavior Supports
According to a recent review of the research literature, self-monitoring is an example of a positive behavioral intervention that has been used successfully with a number of behaviors including off-task, classroom readi- ness, disruption, following directions, and academic engagement (Sheffield & Waller, 2010). Self-monitoring is defined as a two-stage process of observing and recording behavior… Read More Self-Monitoring: Helping Students Help Themselves Through Positive Behavior Supports
Using Response Cards to Reduce Disruptive Behavior
Effective classroom behavior management involves a host of strategies and supports; including what is done instructionally. Some research suggests that as much as 90% of classroom behavior problems can be eliminated through fully planned and effectively delivered instruction. Effective classroom behavior management involves a host of strategies and supports; including what is done instructionally…. Read More Using Response Cards to Reduce Disruptive Behavior
Area of Focus: Effective Schoolwide Discipline Check-in Check-out: A Secondary Intervention
Across the nation, schools are implementing a three-tiered approach to school-wide discipline similar to the diagram shown here (Simonsen, Sugai, & Negron, 2008). The focus of this article is to provide research and application resources for an evidence-based practice applicable for students at risk for developing more challenging behaviors (approximately 15% of the student population)…. Read More Area of Focus: Effective Schoolwide Discipline Check-in Check-out: A Secondary Intervention
