Seeking Outside Assistance

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Seeking Outside Assistance

• Dr. T. Ryan
• Nipissing University

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A Classroom Teacher can...

• speak to colleagues about a student.
• conference with a students teacher from last
  year.
• learn what worked/what didnt and why.
• Learn strategies from others as most teachers
  have a number of strategies to offer others.

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Peers Parents

• Often peers know more about what is causing a
  student to misbehave than parents. Peer pressure
  may help you.
• Use Parental Intervention not as a threat but as
  a support for student(s).
• Role model could be an Older Student, Favorite
  teacher? Others?

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School Resource person

• Most often a Special Ed. Resource person can help
  you to find a resolution to a problem or locate a
  coping strategy for a dilemma.
• Why not take Special Ed. Courses in behavior.
  Part 1,Part 2, Part 3 Specialist on-line,
  summer course?

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Conference Regularly
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The IEP IPRC/AEP/TAP

• Individual Educational Plan(IEP or IPP)
• We can I.D. behavioral students at the school
  level and put school level supports in place.
  (Counselor, Sp. Ed. Resource person)
• IPRC Indentification Placement and Review
  Committee - More formal identification involving
  Social Worker, Board level people, Doctors
  (Mental, Physical), Religious Counselors,
  Parents, Guardians, etc.

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Student Failure Transition Plan? Grades
7,8,9,10,11,12

• Failure to make friends, failing social skills,
  fail to meet personal expectations.
• Failure in class - academics
• Failure to succeed outside of the class - geek,
  nerd, outcast, loner, loser, fag are common
  terms peers use.
• What will you do when you here these labels in
  your class/what if you say nothing? Does that
  mean you think it is OK?

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Failure
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Referrals

• See an administrator or resource teacher to learn
  about the paperwork you need to complete to
  initiate a referral.
• School Board Psychologist - rare and spread very
  thin - 110,000 students common - or contracted
  as necessary
• Social Workers - same -Childrens Aid S.

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Abuse

• Your Board will have a policy - find it, know it,
  use it - be proactive you could save a life!
  Legal issues!!! FOIP, etc.
• Child Abuse - emotional, physical, sexual, etc.
• Police have a role, provincial government social
  services have a role as does the federal
  government studies

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No Tasks

• Discuss your classroom management plan with peers
  get some feedback
• Modify
• Improve
• Polish
• Refine