Best practices for supporting social behavior involve prevention as a first course of action. This may involve the adults in the building examining beliefs and practices about student social behavior. Predictable, preventative, and positive learning environments are critical considerations for fostering academic and social behavior success. Research Preventative practices are much easier to implement… Read More An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
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Choosing Responses to Support a Change in Student Behavior: What Are You Thinking?
Functional behavioral assessment (FBA) is an effective approach to collecting data, identifying the function of student behavior, and using that knowledge to design proactive and preventative student behavior support plans. Function-based thinking (FBT) is a foundational component of FBA and is defined as a “quick and systematic way of thinking that informs the selection of… Read More Choosing Responses to Support a Change in Student Behavior: What Are You Thinking?
Strategies To Support Students With Aspergers Syndrome
While Asperger’s Syndrome will no longer have a separate diagnostic category, educators are well aware that the essential features include severe and sustained impairment in social interaction and the development of restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, and activities (American Psychiatric Association [DSM-IV-TR], 2000). Research In the most recent revision of the Diagnostic Manual,… Read More Strategies To Support Students With Aspergers Syndrome
Stick to the FACTS … One Component of a Brief Functional Behavior
Functional behavior assessment (FBA) is a process for assessing the relationship between student behavior and environmental conditions that both predict and maintain student behavior. Researchers have demonstrated that behavior support plans based on function-based interventions result in more positive outcomes than behavior support plans based on non-function based interventions Research Functional behavior assessment (FBA)… Read More Stick to the FACTS … One Component of a Brief Functional Behavior
Responding to Problem Behavior and Maintaining a Positive Learning Environment… A Balanced Equation for Classroom Management
A well-managed classroom is an important condition for increasing student learning (Hattie, 2009) and a challenging task for teacher planning. Advanced planning for managing anticipated problem behavior increases the likelihood of “responding” verses “reacting” to student misbehavior. Research A well-managed classroom is an important condition for increasing student learning (Hattie, 2009) and a challenging… Read More Responding to Problem Behavior and Maintaining a Positive Learning Environment… A Balanced Equation for Classroom Management
Preparing for the New School Year: Pulling it Together with Instructional Planning
“How can we set up an environment that makes it more likely that students will succeed?” ?” “How can we choose the correct research-based strategies to use in the classroom?” With so many resources and so little time available, it may be helpful to have a reference to consider data-based decision making and planning. … Read More Preparing for the New School Year: Pulling it Together with Instructional Planning
The Power of Eight!! Pulling it Together with Instructional Planning Effective Behavior Practices and Academic Strategies to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners
In their meta-analysis of “what works” in classroom instruction, Mastropieri and Scruggs (2009) examined some commonly used content area interventions for students with disabilities and found “moderate to large effect sizes” for selected interventions. Implementing these practices establishes the “conditions for learning” and represents one of the most effective ways to reduce problem behavior in school (McIntosh, Sadler, & Brown, 2012). Read More The Power of Eight!! Pulling it Together with Instructional Planning Effective Behavior Practices and Academic Strategies to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners
