Clear classroom rules are explicit statements that define behavior expectations. Clear rules provide structure and organization that allow students to be more actively engaged in instructional tasks. They also help to establish a classroom climate conducive to student academic success. Learn more about rules and expectations using the video modules below. Clear Rules and Expectations:… Read More Clear Rules and Expectations for Classroom Management
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?
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
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
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
PBIS: Using Data to Inform and Support, Not Punish
Consider a switch in thinking by approaching assessment data in a more supportive context. It should be used to clarify where we are, where we are going, and how we are doing getting there. Viewing data as a living system, may provide a much needed paradigm shift to what has become anxiety provoking for some… Read More PBIS: Using Data to Inform and Support, Not Punish
