Tag: Behavioral First Aid Kit

Moving Beyond Planned Ignore and Proximity Prase: Strategies to Address Challenging Behaviors

July 3, 2018

Why Haven’t They Done That Yet? I have been in many classrooms where the behavior specialists come in and suggest methods to overcome a persistent challenging behavior in class. I always had to work to keep my mouth shut when I hear these professionals suggest planned ignore, praise around, and behavior charts as a panacea … More Moving Beyond Planned Ignore and Proximity Prase: Strategies to Address Challenging Behaviors

On Restraint…and How it is Used Incorrectly

June 13, 2018

A Theoretical Aside TW/CW for the below sections: Abuse, Restraint, Injury, Language Well, we are back to this again. Some local school districts have approved more invasive manual restraint and forced physical guidance techniques for use on K-12 students. Since this will disproportionally apply to students in special education, and more particularly to autistic students, … More On Restraint…and How it is Used Incorrectly

We Can Prevent Behavior/Emotional Disorders by Teaching Communication Skills

May 19, 2018

Ooh Ooh Ooh, They Finally Did It! I am going to discuss some ideas I had after reading a useful meta-analysis about how to intervene with students referred for intervention or special education for Behavior and/or Emotional Disorders (B/ED). The article is Practices Reflecting Functional Communication Training for Students With or At-Risk for Emotional and Behavioral … More We Can Prevent Behavior/Emotional Disorders by Teaching Communication Skills

Teaching Students How to Succeed Means Teaching Them How to Plan

February 14, 2018

Why Haven’t They Done That Yet? Sometimes the most obvious things in life are the things we forget to teach students. I am from Utah, so I grew up in the heyday of the Franklin Quest planners, with every adult carrying a 3″ thick planner and their entire lives planned out to the 30 minutes. … More Teaching Students How to Succeed Means Teaching Them How to Plan