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NASP 2017: Jim Wright's Workshops


- WS06: Effective Behavioral Interventions: Consultation Tools for School Psychologists
- WS10: Promoting Success for Special Needs Students in General Education Classrooms
BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT. On Tuesday, 21 February 2017, Jim Wright presented the half-day workshop WS06: Effective Behavioral interventions: Consultation Tools for School Psychologists, at the National Association of School Psychologists' annual conference in San Antonio. Here are resources and links shared at that training:
- PowerPoint: Effective Behavioral interventions: Consultation Tools for School Psychologists
- Workshop Handout
Behavioral ‘Big Ideas’. What are big ideas in behavior management that every teacher should know?
- How to Implement Strong Core Instruction: Direct Instruction Checklist (Interactive Form)
- Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker. Use this free web app to create customized checklists defining student behavioral expectations.
- Analyzing Student Behavior: Organizer: Interactive
- Classroom Behavior Intervention Planner: Interactive
These additional behavioral interventions were discussed:
- Managing Academic Anxiety Through an Antecedent Writing Activity
- Reducing Disruptive Behavior Through Antecedent Physical Exercise
- How to Reduce TIme-Outs With Active Response Beads
- School-Home Notes: Enlisting the Teacher, Parent, and Studentto Improve Behavior
Functional Behavioral Thinking/Planning. What is a streamlined way for teachers to analyze behaviors & develop effective plans?
- Analyzing Student Behavior: A Step-by-Step Guide
- Analyzing Student Behavior: Organizer: Interactive
- Classroom Behavior Intervention Planner: Interactive
Progress-Monitoring. What convenient method can assist teachers in collecting data on student behavioral interventions?
- Behavior Report Card Maker. This free web app allows educators to create customized behavior report cards and print off as pdf documents.
SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. On Tuesday, 21 February 2017, Jim Wright presented the half-day workshop WS10: Promoting Success for Special-Needs Students in General-Education Classrooms, at the National Association of School Psychologists' annual conference in San Antonio. Here are resources and links shared at that training:
- PowerPoint: Promoting Success for Special-Needs Students in General-Education Classrooms
- Workshop Handout
RTI & Strong Core Instruction. What are the elements of instruction that benefit struggling learners—including special-needs students
- Numbered Heads Together: Cooperative Learning Activity
Motivating Students . How can teachers structure statements to encourage optimism and motivation while combating ‘learned helplessness’?
- Mindsets: The Power to Help or Hinder Student Motivation
- Wuse FeedbacjL Gow to Help Students Accept Critical Academic Feedback
- How to...Conduct a Task Analysis & Create a Behavior Checklist
- Self-Check Behavior Checklist Maker. Use this free web app to create customized checklists defining student behavioral expectations.
- Linking Pronouns to Referents. When reading advanced texts, the student circles pronouns, writes their referents above them, and then rereads the text, inserting the referent for each pronoun.
- Read-Ask-Paraphrase. The student locates main idea and supporting details for each paragraph and summarizes them on a graphic organizer. RAP Interactive Form
- Ask-Read-Tell. The student creates a reading plan and sets reading goals, monitors understanding while reading, and reflects on the reading once finished. ART Interactive Form.
- Self-Management: Customized Math Self-Correction Checklists
- Learning Contracts
- Version 1: Interactive Learning Contract|Example of a Completed Learning Contract
- Version 2: Interactive Learning Contract|Example of a Completed Learning Contract
- Work Planning. The student creates a plan for carrying out complex academic tasks, evaluates actual performance, and makes appropriate adjustments as needed.
- Student Independent Work: Planning Tool: Interactive Form
- Academic Survival Skills. The student possesses strong work habits in global skills such as time management, study skills, and organization.
- Academic Survival Skills Checklist Maker. This free web app allows educators to create customized checklists for such crucial survival skills as homework completion, organization, time management, and more.
Student-Centered Conference. How can teachers use non-authoritarian communication techniques, setting of clear change goals, and other motivating techniques to engage students as problem-solvers?