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BehaviorLENS

Details: Published: Sunday, 28 July 2013 09:23

Authors: School Psych Tech

BehaviorLENS is an iOS app for school psychologists, social workers, behavior specialists, teacher consultants, etc., really anyone who observes behavior. I took the leap and purchased BehaviorLENS ($29.99) to see if any of the cons I noted with SchoolPsychTools were addressed in this app. The quick response...

KustomNote a.k.a Awesome

Details: Published: Friday, 26 July 2013 10:55

Authors: School Psych Tech

You might be thinking that my spelling has gone to pot while I’ve been on vacation, right? Custom is spelled with a ‘c’ not a ‘k’! You may have noticed that many of the Web2.0 tools have “unique” spellings and KustomNote is no different. So what does this have to do with school...

How To: Teach Students to Change Behaviors Through Self-Monitoring

Details: Published: Monday, 22 July 2013 21:01

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Student self-monitoring is an effective tool for behavior change that requires the student to take an active intervention role. Learn the 7steps to quickly set up a self-monitoring intervention.

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How To: Teach Student Writing Skills: Elements of Effective Writing Instruction

Details: Published: Tuesday, 25 June 2013 12:40

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Learn about nine elements of writing instruction found to be effective in classrooms ranging from later elementary to high school.

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How To: Improve Classroom Management Through Flexible Rules: The Color Wheel

Details: Published: Wednesday, 05 June 2013 21:44

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

The Color Wheel is a classroom-management tool that helps teachers to be flexible in matching rules to specific learning activities.

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How To: Use Rubrics in Student Assessment

Details: Published: Monday, 03 June 2013 15:50

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Rubrics allow teachers to develop objective and consistent scoring criteria for complex student tasks, thus speeding assessment and improving the reliability of the evaluation.

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How To: Build a Student Motivation Trap to Increase Academic Engagement

Details: Published: Sunday, 19 May 2013 12:32

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Motivating a reluctant student is not easy . Here is a 6-step blue-print to build a 'motivation trap' to boost academic engagement.

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How To: Use Academic Self-Monitoring in Student Assessment

Details: Published: Wednesday, 08 May 2013 21:02

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Having students self-monitor progress toward academic goals can increase self-regulation skills, improve attention, promote stronger learning, and assist the teacher with classroom data collection.

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How To: Identify the Big Ideas To Guide Behavior Management

Details: Published: Wednesday, 01 May 2013 14:23

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Teachers skilled in classroom management are able to respond appropriately to just about any behavior that a student brings through the classroom door.

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How To: Increase Motivation in Students: High-Probability Requests

Details: Published: Monday, 22 April 2013 16:46

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

High-probability requests are effective in motivating students to engage in assigned classwork by building 'behavioral momentum'.

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How To: Calm the Agitated Student: Tools for Effective Behavior Management

Details: Published: Monday, 15 April 2013 21:22

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Students can sometimes have emotional outbursts in school settings. Here are ideas to defuse agitated students.

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How to: Focus Students With ADHD Through Antecedent Teaching Strategies: Cuing

Details: Published: Thursday, 11 April 2013 14:52

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Students with ADHD often perform below their level of ability on academic tasks such as math computation, word problems, or reading comprehension.

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How to: Help Students to Self-Monitor Reading Comprehension: Delayed Keyword Generation

Details: Published: Wednesday, 10 April 2013 13:08

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Students can benefit from the delayed keyword-generation strategy to increase reading comprehension and improve the accuracy of student judgment about which readings require additional study.

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Know where to find Apps Part 2

Details: Published: Sunday, 07 April 2013 14:25

Authors: School Psych Tech

This post is a continuation of Part 1 – Know where to find Apps. The reason I separated these resources from the others is because these resources are not limited to apps even though I often find information about great app from them. These resources are a part of my Personal Learning Community...

How To: Track Growth in Written Expression in the Elementary Grades

Details: Published: Thursday, 04 April 2013 22:03

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

The act of writing is complex. Teachers can check out this overview of Curriculum-Based Measurement-Written Expression (CBM-WE), an efficient, reliable method of formative student writing assessment.

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How To: Choose the Right Amount of Daily Homework

Details: Published: Tuesday, 26 March 2013 11:41

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Getting students to complete homework is an complex and ongoing challenge for teachers and parents.

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How To: Help Students to Complete Missing Work: The Late-Work Teacher-Student Conference

Details: Published: Thursday, 14 March 2013 11:30

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

When a student owes late work, the teacher can interrupt patterns of work-avoidant behavior by meeting with the student to negotiate a plan to catch up with late work.

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How To: Identify Early Math Difficulties in the Primary Grades

Details: Published: Friday, 08 March 2013 11:58

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Teachers can use Early Math Fluency measures to identify students in grades K and 1 who require help to address deficient number-sense skills.

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How To: Identify Critical Elements of Strong CORE Classroom Behavior Management

Details: Published: Sunday, 03 March 2013 21:52

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

Learn about a checklist with 6 elements critical to strong classroom behavior management. Teachers, administrators, and consultants can use this checklist to ensure that these elements are in place.

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How To: Structure Classroom Data Collection for Individual Students

Details: Published: Monday, 25 February 2013 12:37

Authors: Intervention Central

Teaser:

As teachers assume the role of intervention ‘first responder’, they may need guidance in data collection. This blog entry includes a 7-step 'wizard' form to structure student progress-monitoring.

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SPECIAL EDUCATION NEWS FROM AROUND THE NET

BehaviorLENS

KustomNote a.k.a Awesome

How To: Teach Students to Change Behaviors Through Self-Monitoring

How To: Teach Student Writing Skills: Elements of Effective Writing Instruction

How To: Improve Classroom Management Through Flexible Rules: The Color Wheel

How To: Use Rubrics in Student Assessment

How To: Build a Student Motivation Trap to Increase Academic Engagement

How To: Use Academic Self-Monitoring in Student Assessment

How To: Identify the Big Ideas To Guide Behavior Management

How To: Increase Motivation in Students: High-Probability Requests

How To: Calm the Agitated Student: Tools for Effective Behavior Management

How to: Focus Students With ADHD Through Antecedent Teaching Strategies: Cuing

How to: Help Students to Self-Monitor Reading Comprehension: Delayed Keyword Generation

Know where to find Apps Part 2

How To: Track Growth in Written Expression in the Elementary Grades

How To: Choose the Right Amount of Daily Homework

How To: Help Students to Complete Missing Work: The Late-Work Teacher-Student Conference

How To: Identify Early Math Difficulties in the Primary Grades

How To: Identify Critical Elements of Strong CORE Classroom Behavior Management

How To: Structure Classroom Data Collection for Individual Students

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