Teaching behavioral expectations and contextually relevant social skills is an effective approach to addressing behaviors throughout the three-tiered prevention continuum of positive behavior support. Teaching expectations, rules, and routines, providing opportunities for practice, and acknowledging students for demonstrating these skills provides educators a way to engage with students… Teaching behavioral expectations and contextually relevant… Read More Nonlinguistic Representation: Tools for Teaching Behavioral Expectations, Rules, and Routines
Role Models for Motivating Students with Significant Disabilities
People with disabilities can also be taught to set goals, be self-determined and be great contributors in their life-time. So, where are the role models of people with disabilities demonstrating what they are doing and inspiring students with stories of what can be done? Below is a list of people with disabilities who can be… Read More Role Models for Motivating Students with Significant Disabilities
“Good job!” Or what NOT to Say to Young Children
Alfie Kohn (2001) says that there are 5 reasons to stop saying “good job’”. The first one is that saying good job is a way of manipulating children. It is more for adult convenience; a means of getting a child to obey. Secondly, praise used inappropriately might increase a child’s dependence on adults and result… Read More “Good job!” Or what NOT to Say to Young Children
Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition… A Teaching Tool for Behavior
Student behavior continues to be one of the main concerns in education. Meaningful feedback and/or recognition for accomplishments or efforts towards achieving set accomplishments are a necessary part of teaching new skills. Student behavior continues to be one of the main concerns in education (Lewis & Sugai, 1999). Too often, adults assume that all… Read More Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition… A Teaching Tool for Behavior
Praise for Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition
Reinforcing effort and providing recognition are among the proven strategies that positively influence student learning and behavior. Teachers, however, sometimes feel confused about the effective use of praise for reinforcing and recognizing students. Reinforcing effort and providing recognition are among the proven strategies that positively influence student learning and behavior. Teachers, however, sometimes feel… Read More Praise for Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition
Effective Strategies for Summarizing and Note Taking
To assist students with summarizing, one effective strategy is to explicitly teach students a few steps or rules that will help them to develop a summary. The rules that follow are adapted for younger students from the rule-based summarizing strategy (Brown, Campione, & Day, 1981). This issue of the T-TAC Network News focuses on… Read More Effective Strategies for Summarizing and Note Taking
