MzTeachuh is a resource blog providing educational links for professional development, timely articles for special needs, ed tech and STEM, as well as interesting and amusing posts in the Fine Arts and the Humanities.
Saturday, December 6, 2014
MzTeachuh: Teaching Resources For Demonstrations Re: Michael ...
MzTeachuh: Teaching Resources For Demonstrations Re: Michael ...: Fifth Avenue Apple Store overtaken by protesters. http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/12/06/protestors-take-over-fifth-ave-apple-store-i...
Teaching Resources For Demonstrations Re: Michael Brown/Eric Garner/Tamir Rice, et al
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Fifth Avenue Apple Store overtaken by protesters. http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/12/06/protestors-take-over-fifth-ave-apple-store-in-die-in-demonstration |
A Brief History of Die-Ins, the Iconic Protests for Eric Garner and Michael Brown
http://www.nationaljournal.com/domesticpolicy/a-brief-history-of-die-ins-the-iconic-protests-for-eric-garner-and-michael-brown-20141204
3 rabbis, teachers union boss arrested as New Yorkers protest police killings of Eric Garner, Akai Gurley, Michael Brown
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-students-ditch-class-protest-police-killings-article-1.2035222
Useful Resources For Teaching About Eric Garner’s Death
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/12/03/useful-resources-for-teaching-about-eric-garners-death/
The Best Resources On Ferguson For Use In The Classroom
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/11/25/the-best-resources-on-ferguson-for-use-in-the-classroom/
Teaching Ideas For #Ferguson #MichaelBrown
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/11/25/teaching-ideas-for-ferguson-michaelbrown/
More Resources On Ferguson
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/11/26/more-resources-on-ferguson/
Tamir Rice's family remember 12-year-old at Cleveland memorial — in pictures
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2014/dec/03/tamir-rice-memorial-pictures
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Carletta Goodwin, Tamir Rice’s teacher, speaks at the funeral. |
MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Differentiating Instruction
MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Differentiating Instruction: 1. Differentiating Instruction: Meeting Students Where They Are http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/di_meeting.ph...
Teaching Is Differentiating Instruction
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/di_meeting.phtml
2. What Is Differentiated Instruction?
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/263/
3. Differentiated Instruction and Implications for UDL Implementation
http://aim.cast.org/learn/historyarchive/backgroundpapers/differentiated_instruction_udl
4. Differentiated Instruction
http://www.ascd.org/research-a-topic/differentiated-instruction-resources.aspx
5. Differentiation Teaching, Learning, Instruction and Response to Intervention
(RtI )
http://www.differentiatedinstruction.net/
6. Differentiating
Instruction:
Rethinking Traditional Practices
http://www.bertiekingore.com/diffinstruct.htm
7. differentiating instruction is...
http://caroltomlinson.com/
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http://www.weareteachers.com/community/weareteachers-blog/blog-wat/2012/09/25/7-facts-about-differentiated-instruction |
MzTeachuh: Christmas Music For Feeling Sorry For Yourself
MzTeachuh: Christmas Music For Feeling Sorry For Yourself: Oh boo hoo. NPR understands what I'm trying to say. Have Yourself A Sullen Little Christmas http://...
Christmas Music For Feeling Sorry For Yourself
Oh boo hoo. |
NPR understands what I'm trying to say.
Have Yourself A Sullen Little Christmas
http://www.npr.org/2013/12/20/255550407/sad-christmas-songs-capture-slice-of-holiday-spirit
RIVER ~ JONI MITCHELL ~ (Lyrics)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpFudDAYqxY
Elvis Presley & Martina McBride - Blue Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KK6sMo8NBY
Judy Garland - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yudgy30Dd68
Dean Martin - The Christmas Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX8-WY__WkM
It's Christmas Baby Please Come Home World Premiere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ8ahtAS8YQ
These last two songs are pretty much rated R--but the Pogues' song is actually a masterpiece.
Fairytale of New York by the pogues lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv0hlbWpa1w
Blink-182 - Won't Be Home For Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy9_JjLnmZI
MzTeachuh: Educational Links 12/6/14
MzTeachuh: Educational Links 12/6/14: What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/science/whats-lost-as-handwriting-fades.html?_r=2 Moving Beyon...
Educational Links 12/6/14
What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/science/whats-lost-as-handwriting-fades.html?_r=2
Moving Beyond the Textbook
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/moving-beyond-the-textbook-andrew-marcinek?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29
Brain representations of social thoughts accurately predict autism diagnosis
http://www.psypost.org/2014/12/brain-representations-social-thoughts-accurately-predict-autism-diagnosis-29878
Is the U.S. Focusing Too Much on STEM?http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/12/is-the-us-focusing-too-much-on-stem/383353/
This Is How to Create A Library in Google Scholar
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/12/this-is-how-to-create-library-in-google.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+educatorstechnology%2FpDkK+%28Educational+Technology+and+Mobile+Learning%29
Brain Training Doesn’t Make You Smarter
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brain-training-doesn-t-make-you-smarter/
2014 Recap: 15 Top Resources On Digital Citizenship
http://www.edudemic.com/15-resources-digital-citizenship-2014/
Experiential Learning: Just Because It’s Hands-On Doesn’t Mean It’s Minds-On
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/experiential-learning-just-hands-doesnt-mean-minds/
Sensory Rooms Gaining In Popularity
http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2014/12/05/sensory-rooms-popularity/19895/
MzTeachuh: [little tree]
MzTeachuh: [little tree]: [little tree] By E. E. Cummings little tree little silent C...
[little tree]
By E. E. Cummings
little tree
little silent Christmas tree
you are so little
you are more like a flower
who found you in the green forest
and were you very sorry to come away?
see i will comfort you
because you smell so sweetly
i will kiss your cool bark
and hug you safe and tight
just as your mother would,
only don't be afraid
look the spangles
that sleep all the year in a dark box
dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine,
the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,
put up your little arms
and i'll give them all to you to hold
every finger shall have its ring
and there won't be a single place dark or unhappy
then when you're quite dressed
you'll stand in the window for everyone to see
and how they'll stare!
oh but you'll be very proud
and my little sister and i will take hands
and looking up at our beautiful tree
we'll dance and sing
"Noel Noel"
Friday, December 5, 2014
MzTeachuh: Clair De Lune (Full Moon on a December Night)
MzTeachuh: Clair De Lune (Full Moon on a December Night): Full Long Night Moon, starting at sunset December 5! https://www.google.com/search?q=earthsky+tonight&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq...
Clair De Lune (Full Moon on a December Night)
Full Long Night Moon, starting at sunset December 5!
https://www.google.com/search?q=earthsky+tonight&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb
Clair de Lune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFH_6DNRCYMzTeachuh: The Gift of Reading
MzTeachuh: The Gift of Reading: A Quick Guide to Selecting Great Informational Books for Young Children http://www.readingrockets.org/article/quick-guide-selecting-g...
The Gift of Reading
A Quick Guide to Selecting Great Informational Books for Young Children
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/quick-guide-selecting-great-informational-books-young-children
Holiday Buying Guide 2014
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/buying_guide/2014
Six Practical and Fun Ways to Encourage Kids to Read More in the Middle Grades
http://www.middleweb.com/6518/get-kids-to-read-more/
Teaching Teens Who Struggle With Reading: What Can Help
https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/partnering-with-childs-school/instructional-strategies/teaching-teens-who-struggle-with-reading-what-can-help
Ten Ways to Cultivate a Love of Reading in Students
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/cultivating-love-reading-students-elena-aguilar
Why Does My Child Have Trouble Understanding or Remembering What He Reads?
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/reading-issues/why-does-my-child-have-trouble-understanding-or-remembering-what-he-reads?utm_source=googleplus&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg
Why Don’t Teens Read For Pleasure Like They Used To?
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/05/why-dont-teens-read-for-pleasure-like-they-used-to/
Response: Using the "Fun Factor" To Encourage Student Reading at Home
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2013/10/response_using_the_fun_factor_to_encourage_student_reading_at_home.html
MzTeachuh: Free Cool Ed Sites for Kids
MzTeachuh: Free Cool Ed Sites for Kids: Oh, where shall we begin? 10 Best Educational Websites for Kids (that are free!) http://www.parenting.com/blogs/mom-congres...
Free Cool Ed Sites for Kids
Oh, where shall we begin?
10 Best Educational Websites for Kids (that are free!)
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http://www.whyville.net/smmk/nice |
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http://www.spatulatta.com/ |
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http://www.pottermore.com/ |
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http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ |
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http://kids.yahoo.com/ |
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http://pbskids.org/ |
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http://wonderopolis.org/ |
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http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm |
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http://www.funbrain.com/ |
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I just can't choose. |
MzTeachuh: Run, Run Rudolph!
MzTeachuh: Run, Run Rudolph!: Tell Santa he can take the freeway down. " Run, Run Rudolph" Chuck Berry http://www.youtube.com/wa...
Run, Run Rudolph!
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Tell Santa he can take the freeway down. |
" Run, Run Rudolph" Chuck Berry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB1n3XGViOM
Sing along!
Out of all the reindeers you know you're the mastermind
Run, run Rudolph, Randalph ain't too far behind
Run, run Rudolph, Santa's got to make it to town
Santa make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down
Run, run Rudolph 'cause I'm reeling like a merry-go-round
Said Santa to a boy child "What have you been longing for? "All I
want for Christmas is a Rock and Roll electric guitar? And then
away went Rudolph a whizzing like a shooting star
Run, run Rudolph, Santa's got to make it to town, come on
Santa make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down
Run, run Rudolph, reeling like a merry-go-round
Said Santa to a girl child "What would please you most to get?"A
little baby doll that can cry, sleep, and wet And then away went
Rudolph a whizzing like a Saber jet
Run, run Rudolph, Santa's got to make it to town
Santa make him hurry, tell him he can take the freeway down
Run, run Rudolph 'cause I'm reeling like a merry-go-round
MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 12/5/14
MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 12/5/14: What has four legs, a red nose and flies? Rudolf the Red-Nosed Roadkill. Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts About Christmas http://m...
MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 12/5/14
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What has four legs, a red nose and flies? Rudolf the Red-Nosed Roadkill. |
Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts About Christmas
http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/11/cheesy-jokes-and-serious-thoughts-about_28.html
Current Special Education Topics
http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/12/current-special-education-topics.html
Best Articles for Educators 11/30/14
http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/11/best-articles-for-educators-113014.html
What Is Up With That Kid?
http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/11/what-is-up-with-that-kid.html?spref=bl
Educational Links 12/2/14
http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/12/educational-links-12214.html
Read! Classic Adventure, Romance, Mystery
http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/11/read-classic-adventure-romance-mystery.html
Differentiating Instruction
http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/11/differentiating-instruction.html
Hot Button Teacher Topics
http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/12/hot-button-teacher-topics.html?spref=bl
Interesting Arts and Crafts for Diverse Winter Holidays
http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/12/interesting-arts-and-crafts-for-diverse.html
Thank you to my international readers--it is a privilege to serve you.
USA, France, Ukraine, Germany, Russia, China, Canada, Poland, UK, Bulgaria.
MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Reading Instruction--In All Subjects
MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Reading Instruction--In All Subjects: 1. How Important is Teaching Literacy in All Content Areas? http://www.edutopia.org/blog/literacy-instruction-across-cur...
Teaching Is Reading Instruction--In All Subjects
1. How Important is Teaching Literacy in All Content Areas?
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/literacy-instruction-across-curriculum-importance
2. ABCs of Teaching Reading
http://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/
3. The Best Ways to Teach Kids to Read
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http://www.weareteachers.com/hot-topics/topics-in-education/we-all-teach-reading-and-writing |
3. Seven Strategies to Teach Students Text Comprehension
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/3479/
4. Teaching Reading Strategies
http://teachingreadingstrategies.com/
Decoding Strategies Lay the Foundation for Reading Success
http://www.readinghorizons.com/reading-strategies/what-is-decoding.aspx
6. How to Teach Syllabication: The Syllable Rules
http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/reading/how-to-teach-syllabication-the-syllable-rules/
7. Is Reading Comprehension A Must-Teach For All Educators?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/17/is-reading-comprehension-_n_837266.html
Thursday, December 4, 2014
MzTeachuh: Educational Links 12/4/14
MzTeachuh: Educational Links 12/4/14: Why Arts Integration is Essential… and Easier Than You Think https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2014/12/03/why-arts-integration-is-...
Educational Links 12/4/14
Why Arts Integration is Essential… and Easier Than You Think
https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2014/12/03/why-arts-integration-is-essential/?utm_content=buffer52206&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
"Where's Your Proof?" Teaching Students to Use Evidence
https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2012/09/10/14-ways-to-cultivate-classroom-chemistry/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post09101201&utm_campaign=fbt
Initiative Aims to Have Teachers Lead Common-Core PD in California
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2014/12/teachers-hope-to-lead-common-core-pd-in-california.html?cmp=soc-edit-fb
On Dysgraphia: Writing About the Inability to Write
http://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/personal-stories/stories-by-kids/on-dysgraphia-writing-about-the-inability-to-write?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=understoodorg
Useful Resources For Teaching About Eric Garner’s Death
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/12/03/useful-resources-for-teaching-about-eric-garners-death/
Debunking Homework Myths
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/debunking-homework-myths-ben-johnson?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-debunking-homework-myths-questions-image
Redesigning School to Graduate Capable, Confident Learners
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/05/redesigning-school-to-graduate-capable-confident-learners-deeper-learning/
MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Grades
MzTeachuh: Teaching Is Giving Grades: 1. Abolish Grades? I Don't Think So http://www.youreducationmatters.com/College/abolishgrades.htm 2. Why Do W...
Teaching Is Giving Grades
1. Abolish Grades? I Don't Think So
http://www.youreducationmatters.com/College/abolishgrades.htm
2. Why Do We Give Grades?
http://teaching.monster.com/benefits/articles/7146-why-do-we-give-grades
3. What to do when grading seems unfair
http://www.greatschools.org/improvement/quality-teaching/1370-what-do-you-do-when-grading-seems-unfair.gs
4. No
F's or D's Allowed?
What Does the Law Say About Passing Grades?
http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/ltrs/fape.passing.grades.htm
5. Can Grades Be Helpful and Fair?
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec97/vol55/num04/Can-Grades-Be-Helpful-and-Fair%C2%A2.aspx
6. Evaluating and Grading Student Work
http://cet.usc.edu/resources/teaching_learning/docs/teaching_nuggets_docs/4.4_Evaluating_and_Grading_Students.pdf
7. STRATEGIES FOR FAIR AND CONFLICT-FREE GRADING
http://ctl.stanford.edu/handbook/strategies-for-fair-and-conflict-free-grading.html
MzTeachuh: A Charlie Brown Christmas: the Music
MzTeachuh: A Charlie Brown Christmas: the Music: This is such a timeless story for kids and adults. The choice of music by the creators of 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' cap...
A Charlie Brown Christmas: the Music
Being an incurable teacher, here is background for the traditional carols. Just for fun.
Good ole Charlie Brown chooses a scrawny little tree--he always did have a big, empathetic heart.
This is a traditional, German song which means O Christmas Tree. The custom of Christmas trees started in Germany, and became popular in Great Britain and the US when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert married. Albert, being German, brought the tree custom with him.
A Charlie Brown Christmas - O Tannenbaum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8kOaKpYfI
'What Child Is This' is a traditional English carol set to the older tune of 'Greensleeves.'
A Charlie Brown Christmas - What Child Is This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPur6qFCB0g
'The Little Drummer Boy' is an American carol written in 1941, made famous by the Von Trapp Family Singers.
A Charlie Brown Christmas "My Little Drum"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmLulpYHsfI
'Hark! the Herald Angels Sing' is another English song written by Charles Wesley and perked up by George Whitefield in 1739, which was during the time of the Great Awakening in the US.
A Charlie Brown Christmas - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTu00FCLgPs
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) was actually written on a hot July day by singer Mel Torme.
a charlie brown christmas-the christmas song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHed8v1RJ6A
Schroeder, Charlie Brown's friend, loves to play Beethoven, but is badgered by Lucy, who has a crush on him, to play 'Jingle Bells.' The irony is that Beethoven composed 'Fur Elise' for a girl that didn't return the attention, but in this story Schroeder does not return Lucy's attention. And that 'Jingle Bells' was written in 1857 for the holiday of Thanksgiving by an American.
a charlie brown christmas-fur elise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHKBXDp4JpI
Schroeder - Jingle Bells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcsFcQJeycM
MzTeachuh: Do Behavior Support Plans Work?
MzTeachuh: Do Behavior Support Plans Work?: I don't know how many BSPs I have written, probably an average of five a year for fifteen years. The This is a pretty way to pictur...
Do Behavior Support Plans Work?
I don't know how many BSPs I have written, probably an average of five a year for fifteen years. The
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This is a pretty way to picture it. |
1. My experience in Special Education included directing a Non-Public School (that's a separate facility for kids with extreme behavior problems due to behavior dysfunctions or emotional disturbance who have been expelled from their home public school.) At the small school I directed, we had students who had been expelled from the larger non-public schools. It follows that the Behavior Support Plans added to the IEPs (Individualized Educational Programs) for these students were written with input from medical doctors, educational psychologists, counselors, and frequently psychiatrists as well as District personnel and myself as the case carrier.
These were precision directives, much like a medical prescription or a protocol for physical therapy. There was nothing haphazard about this. With a carefully administrated system of positive reinforcement, interesting curriculum, and above all, parent buy-in, we saw progress. This was the elite level of teaching. Only the few, the proud and the thoroughly trained can maintain.
2. Behavior Support Plans are also written for students in other areas of Special Education. Many students on a public school are classified as Moderately Handicapped, and mostly learn in one classroom separate from general education. The handicaps are not the same, and could include OHI (Other Health Impaired), autistic, SLD (Specific Learning Disability) or a variety of disabilities identified as Moderate by special testing done by the District psychologist. In our state, for many years this was called Special Day Class requiring more specialized instruction for the students to succeed. There are separate Special Day Classes for Emotional Disturbed students because the regimen required is differently structured than other classes. The BSPs for these students are similar to the ones in a non-public school, addressing specific behaviors that can be modified by positive intervention.
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Finger pointing is not considered a positive support. |
3. A student identified as Mildly Handicapped may also need a BSP. Students in this category may have only one class taught by a Special Education teacher, mainstreaming the remainder of the day. If a student exhibits behavior that merits certain discipline interventions from administration, then the Special Education teacher schedules an addendum IEP meeting, prepares a BSP to support the student to begin showing positive improvement. The whole IEP team includes the student, the parents, all teachers, administration and District Psychologist. This is the team that will help the student replace the inappropriate behavior with appropriate behavior. Again, the BSP is only as effective as the adults administering it. And this is a challenge.
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IEP meetings are really, really important. |
If you are reading this, you are an educator, a parent, or a concerned friend. Maybe you're the student. If you have a concern, check with a professional more trained than yourself to answer questions about your child or student's behavior.
I would also check out (and this advice is for teachers, too) to see how organized the school site is--are the rules consistent? Is the work appropriate for your child's developmental stage? (For example, is there recess? Does your child or class have creative opportunities? Are bullies under control? Is there enough supervision?) Teachers and administrators need to constantly self-evaluate the soundness of a school's program--the entire school. When kids' needs are met, there is less disruptive behavior.
But sometimes there are other forces in a child's experience. That's when a parent or teacher checks out what a psychologist or doctor has to say.
Here are some resources on the topic of Behavior Support Plans.
1. Behavior Support Plans |
What is a Behavior Support Plan (BSP)? http://www.pent.ca.gov/beh/bsp/bsp.htm |
2. Behavior Assessment, Plans, and Positive Supports
http://nichcy.org/schoolage/behavior/behavassess
3. What to Do When Challenging Behavior Persists
http://www.pbs.org/parents/inclusivecommunities/challenging_behavior5.html
4. Write Your Own Behavior Plan
http://specialchildren.about.com/od/specialeducation/qt/behaviorplan.htm
This last link is for teachers. Don't forget to check with families, other teachers, administration, and/or a Special Education teacher if a student it giving you a tough time. Maybe you don't know the whole story!
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Here's another platitude that may also help: This, too, shall pass. |
5. Keep Your Cool: Tips for Handling Difficult Students
http://busyteacher.org/6064-keep-your-cool-tips-handling-difficult-students.html
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