5 Evidenced Based Practices for Classroom Management

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5 Evidenced Based Practices for Classroom
Management

• Maximize structure
• Teach and practice positively stated expectations
• Actively engage students
• Acknowledge appropriate behavior
• Develop a continuum of strategies to respond to
  inappropriate behavior
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Acknowledge Appropriate Behavior

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Effective systems for reinforcement

• Acknowledgement of appropriate behavior
• Acknowledgment for academic task completion

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Types of Reinforcers

• Primary
• Tangible
• Social
• Activity based
• Individual or Group

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• A reinforcer is only reinforcing if the child
  finds it reinforcing.

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Effective Praise

• Praise students for meeting established classroom
  expectations
• Praise them within 1 or 2 seconds after the
  behavior occurs
• If it is an on-going behavior, praise during the
  behavior

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• Use a variety of questioning techniques/ allowing
  for more response opportunities
• Model appropriate behavior
• Role play appropriate behavior

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General Proactive Strategies

• For Infrequent social behavior errors
• Signal
• State rule and expected behavior
• Ask student to state/show expected behavior

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• For frequent social behavior errors
• Pre-correct prompt for desired behavior in
  problem context
• go to problem setting/situation
• get attention of students
• give reminder or opportunity to practice skills
• watch child for demonstration of skill
• acknowledge demonstration
• Provide positive feedback

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Characteristics of Effective Reinforcement

• Include students name
• Descriptive
• Convincing and genuine
• Varied
• Embedded in the flow of instruction
• Age appropriate
• Timely

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Positive Statements

• Great Job!
• Way to Go!
• Please share that with a friend!
• Excellent!
• Please show that to _______.
• Thank you for sharing!
• Keep up the good work!
• Thank you for helping others!
• Thank you for waiting so patiently!
• I like it when you_______.