It has been shown that a teacher’s narrative about a student—what the teacher thinks a student is like, what kind of person the teacher thinks the student is, what the …
Level of Tolerance For And Engagement in Program Activities
Examples of student engagement: correctly responds to questions and requests and follows directions takes a turn, completes a step, ignores nearby distractions, …
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The Values Recognition Program
A Recognition-based Classroom Management Program Helping to Build Community in the Classroom The Values Recognition Program is one of many programs designed to build …
The Friendship Report
The Friendship Report is a Continuous Feedback on Performance (CFP) program designed to reinforce social values and social skills in the classroom and improve social …
Auditory Processing
Auditory processing is often considered a problem when students can’t follow a spoken lecture or when they tune out after the teacher starts with a lengthy explanation …
Shaping Student Identity – Program Monitoring
Students arrive at school at a young age with their identity already clearly formed. However, the school years have a tremendous impact on further shaping of identity. …
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Self-Study: Creating a Supportive Learning Community
It is important to provide a caring and supportive classroom community so that students can become confident, capable, motivated learners. A safe, supportive, and …
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Level of Community in the Classroom Rating
Use this form and please rate the frequency of occurrence of the following social behaviors in your classroom. Do not rate individual students. Rate the class as a …
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Enhancing the Efficacy of Reinforcement In Therapeutic Programs
Reinforcement is defined as an outcome or event, following a behavior, that strengthens that behavior. It comes in a multitude of forms and sizes, but the most common …
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The Hierarchy of Student Needs in the Classroom
Students come to school to learn, we all know that. They are motivated to feel capable, competent, and knowledgeable. They want to be proud of what they know and what …
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The Credit Program
Check charts are probably the most familiar behavior management tool to school staff and parents. In response to disruptive behavior, poor work habits, lack of …
Micro Goal Programming
It's easy for discouraged students to give up when the tasks they face seem like they will take too much effort, or too much time to accomplish, or too much skill that …