Positive Environments and Supports

Classroom

Effective classwide positive behavioral support systems are essential if students are to achieve their highest potential. Three key areas will need to be addressed. When all five basic human needs are met, misbehavior is likely to be at very low levels. Teachers must master nine key skills to be able to support positive behaviors. Teachers with an authoritative teaching style are best suited to maintain high productivity and a positive classroom. Classwide systems should be considered before individual support plans so that many students may benefit and the least intrusive techniques are selected. When students need Time Away to reflect on their behavior and develop better coping systems, this should be available. Peers can be used to support individual students, in a Pit Crew program.

• Best Practices In Programs Serving Students with Emotional Disturbance by Adam Stein
• Conflicts Practice Exercise
• Cultural Diversity What Teachers Can Do
• Environmental Supports
• Classroom Teaching Strategies Increasing and Maintaining Active Engagement
• Getting Along
• Key Elements For Effective Classroom Management: PowerPoint | Checklist
• PBIS website - Classroom Self-Evaluations
• Positive Relationship Building
• Teaching New Behaviors
• Ten Basic Principles of Good Teaching
• Time Away: A Procedure To Keep Task-Avoiding Students Under Instructional Control
• What Every Teacher Should Know To Positively Impact Student Behavior

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