Have a student who elopes? Need a way to debrief with them after? I developed this think sheet because every special education teacher knows eloping is a BIG thing when dealing with behavior. If you don't have an eloper, are you really a special education teacher? Just print and you are ready to go!
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Narcissism is a complex trait that many people exhibit, yet few understand its origins. When we know what causes these behaviors, it becomes easier to manage and cope with the narcissistic individuals in our lives. This article will explain what the root causes of narcissism are, covering genetics, upbringing, and possible environmental triggers. By reading
As an educator or parent, getting into a power struggle can be an awful thing. We waste so much of our energy trying to get we we want that we sometimes forget what our goal was in the first place. Power struggles can be especially difficult with kids with ADHD, autism, oppositional-defiant disorder
Autism effects a wide spread demographic. One therapy that is often sought out to help those effected with Autism. ABA refers to Applied Behavior Analysis. It used to be referred to as behavior mod…
Social stories can be a very visual and concrete way to teach students social skills. Some students naturally understand social expectations and ways to behave, and others need more explicit teaching. In my opinion, social stories do the explicit teaching when done correctly. Students need to be able to easily understand the social skill that ... Read More about Using Social Stories to Teach Social Skills and Appropriate Ways to Behave
Throughout my years teaching middle school, I have had the experience of seeing many "work refusals". These are the situations when kids, for a variety of reasons, just refuse to start the work you give them. They might shut down and rest their head on their desk or lash out in anger, shouting about
Wondering how to discipline a 5 year old who hits? Is aggressive behavior a problem for your child? What should you do?
How do you encourage positive student behavior in your classroom? I have tried too many behavior systems to count - clip charts, flipping cards, behavior contracts… you name it and I have tried it. What I have found over the years is that no matter what, students genuinely want to do well and
Character Education is an important part of every education program. One important character trait to teach children is that of being responsible. It is so important for children to learn how to be responsible at an early age. This product is designed to help students from Pre-School-5th grade learn and practice being responsible. You can use this product either individually, with a group, or with the whole class. This product includes: Responsibility Poster Defines what it means to be responsible. I recommend reviewing this poster with students when you begin your lesson on responsibility. 24 Behavior Sort Cards I recommend printing these cards out on heavy cardstock or laminating them to make them more durable. Use these cards to play the behavior sort game in which children group behaviors based on whether or not they are responsible or irresponsible. Responsibility Social Story w/ discussion questions (In color and B/W) 20 Responsibility Task Cards I recommend cutting these cards out, punching a hole in the upper left corner, and inserting the cards unto a ring (similar to a key chain ring). You can use the task cards for group discussions or you can give students the task card answer sheet so they can complete the task cards individually. 6 Responsibility Worksheets* *Worksheets Forgetful Freddy Responsibility Sort Responsibility Word Search Showing Responsibility At Home, School, and With Friends Responsibility Acrostic Poem Responsibility Vocabulary Match If you like this product, you may also like these character education products: Character Education RESPECT Character Education TRUSTWORTHINESS Please follow my store for future product launches and freebies. Remember to visit kiddiematters.com for additional counseling and parenting resources. Thanks for stopping by!
If you have worked with a BCBA in the past, it is likely that you have heard the term FUNCTIONS OF BEHAVIOR. BCBAs look at function to determine WHY
Child behavior problems at home or school? Easily track behavior with these behavior charts ( ABC Charts and Scatterplot). Examples & Printables
While all behavior can be classified as seeking or avoiding, there are four common functions of behavior.
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Need tools to calm a student with Autism down before bad behaviors start? Here is a list of behavior strategies that work BEFORE the behavior!
Reflecting on one's actions and behaviors is a great way to grow as an individual. Help your students reflect on their behavior and grow their emotional brains. Pages: 2 Created by Educators for Educators- 2022. ****This is a digital download/printable product. No physical product will be mailed to you. You can access your digital downloads instantly through your Etsy account, under “Purchases and reviews.” Download the files onto your desktop or laptop computer, save, and print! (Please note: digital downloads/files are not compatible with mobile or tablet devices. You must be on a desktop or laptop computer in order to access the digital downloads.)****
Teaching behavior expectations in kindergarten is important, especially in the first few weeks of school. This often sets the stage for your class for the entire year. For students to fully understand what is expected of them, it is important that teachers address and teach these expectation. I usually spend a lot of time during the first weeks of school teaching student expectations and classroom behaviors. We complete sorts of good choices and bad choices in the classroom and discuss what makes them good and bad choices. We complete these sorts whole group and students also complete individual behavior reflection sheets. These work great during the first few weeks of school or when students may need a review. These include different levels of difficulty beginning with students simply deciding if an actions is a good or bad choice, to a student sort of good and bad choices (this is a freebie at the end of the blog post) to finally illustrating or writing good or bad choices. Also we color an emergent reader reviewing some of the classroom expectations. These can also just be used as little coloring pages when a classroom expectation is introduced. In your classroom, you may want to challenge your students to focus on a certain expectation for a week. Included are posters that would work great for this: These provide a visual and focus for students when expectations are being taught. You can make it a game and provide an incentive if students can meet this expectation a certain amount of times in a week. Once these expectations are taught it is important to keep students accountable to their actions. I have been using a visual think sheet in my classroom that is perfect for this. It is very appropriate for your early learners in pre-k or kindergarten or special ed because it includes pictures for students to show what they did. Students simply color in the choice they made and a better choice they can make. These are great reflections for students, communication for parents and documentation if necessary. You may also want to post these cool down methods where students can reflect on strategies to cool down, instead of getting upset. You can find this entire Behavior Think Sheets and Activities in my TPT store and the Free Good and Bad Choices Student Sort here:
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This visual choice board is a simple social emotional learning resource for your special education or inclusion classroom. Providing a student with this file folder visual support may allow him to express his needs without having to find the words. While this visual was designed for students with autism, it can be beneficial for any struggling students. Even verbal students can have trouble retrieving the words or articulating what they need. Offering this simple visual can aid a student in saying "I feel confused. I need help" or "I feel frustrated. I need a break." Contents: 6 pages of feelings cards 15 feelings in a variety of image options 1 page of needs Sentence starters File folder labels Prep instructions Suggestions for use This is not meant to be a choice board for 'wants' which is why toys, computer, iPad etc is not provided. Rather this is a support to use when a student is struggling, overstimulated, frustrated, overwhelmed, sick, upset, tired, confused etc. Teachers, paras, aides and therapists who have built a relationship with a student can often guess what the student feels and needs in these moments. However, responding to an outburst, problem behavior or refusal with what they are likely looking for reinforces an improper way to request those things. This visual support can help students learn to ask appropriately! ⭐ Teachers like you love this resource ⭐ This resource was a great addition to the communication support I use for my students. I was able to choose a few options at a time for them to choose from and the product comes with many pictures for wants/needs. I love this resource! This has been super helpful with SEL learning and helping kiddos identify what they need and avoiding meltdown. It was easy to put together and it has been a great addition to my classroom! This has been great for my non-verbal and limited verbal to express their needs! The choices are great and it makes a perfect connection between feelings and needs. As we move toward more and more SEL practices, this resource is great at helping students identify how they are feeling and what they can do to help themselves. Other Visual Supports to transform your classroom Behavior Management Flip Book Behavior Management: Self-Calming Book and Choice Board Visual Schedules Bundle Art Visuals and Schedules Music Visuals and Schedules PE Visuals and Schedules Stay up to date! Click here to follow my store and be the first to know about new product releases. Thanks for stopping by!
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Operant conditioning, developed by B.F. Skinner, involves the use of positive and negative reinforcement and punishment.
When you encourage positive behavior supports in school, you get positive results. These posters will motivate any student to do the right thing.
Is it the autism or just bad behavior? It’s hard to know for sure, but if you struggle with autism and discipline, we’re sharing 13 practical tips to teach you how to discipline an autistic child at home and in the classroom.
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Social and emotional learning, often known as SEL, is the process that helps kids learn critical skills, attitudes, and mindsets for social and emotional success. These skills cover five major areas: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationships, and responsible decision-making. I
Have you ever had a class with so many difficult, disruptive students that you felt that you could barely even teach? What can you do to get past it? In this post, I am going to address this problem with my best advice, and some advice from others as well.
Restorative discipline isn't a protocol, it's a toolbox full of strategies we can use to differentiate our teaching in order to help each individual child.
Are you a special education teacher looking for resources to use with your students with Autism? Well you have found what you are looking for and this product is for you. Within this product you will find many tools and activities to implement in your classroom. 3 Different ABA Procedure Posters: Using a Promise for Transitions, Accepting No, and Count and Mand How Big is My Problem? This will help students identify how big their problem is by assigning it a number based on what they think I Need a Calm Body: A visual for students to use when needing to have a calm body. Gives them different strategies and skills to get calm. Feelings Chart: Students identify the way they feel. Cut out the pieces below and laminate. Then use Velcro to attach pieces. Students can change as they are feeling different ways. Feeling Activities: They boy is sad. I feel sad when…. Students fill in based on a personal experience. Student or teacher can fill in. A picture can even be drawn.
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Anger is probably the #1 issue the kids I work with deal with. In this post you will find many great links, worksheets, and resources for addressing anger in children of all ages. One of my favorit…
Special educators need a pretty large toolbox of strategies and resources to support our learners. So often, our students can have significantly diverse needs and levels. On any given day, special education teachers might need to take student reading data, modify a math assessment, teach science wit
Kendra is driving you crazy! You hate to admit it, but you’re not sure what else you can do to manage her behavior. You have done a functional behavior assessment and the function is most definitely
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Working with kids and young adults who are oppositional can be challenging. Being oppositional might mean refusing to do work, breaking rules, and engaging in other challenging behaviors. The truth is, many kids can be oppositional from time to time, so many of these strategies work with all learner
Attention seeking students can use up all of your energy, but when you provide them with the right kind of attention they can blossom into engaged students.
Behavior reflection think sheets and management activities with sorts and visuals. These visual think sheet provide a simple way for students to reflect on their choices and think of better choices for the future. Includes whole group sorts for students to become more familiar with the images and student think sheets with the same images. Also includes beginning of the year independent activities for students to introduce classroom behaviors to students. Includes 3 different think sheet forms that allow for students skills progression as they develop through the school year or differentiation: •pictures options of the negative behaviors and pictures for better choices •pictures for the negative behaviors and students can think of a draw a better choice, •where students draw their behavior and a better choice. 2 pages of choices including: not keeping hands to self talking and interrupting running playing not saying in seat not following directions distracting others screaming using bad words throwing things not cleaning up not using school supplies correctly not worry about myself playing unsafely For other student friendly classroom management resources, you may also like: Visual Behavior Sheets- Daily Schedule Behavior Log and Behavior Goal Sheets Classroom Rules and Behavior Expectations Bingo Carpet Rules Emergent Reader and Visuals Walking in Line Emergent Reader and Visuals Good and Bad Choices Clip Cards Follow me to be notified when new products are uploaded. New products are always 50% off for the first 24 hours they are posted.
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