Did you know studies show that incorporating games in your classroom increases overall motivation?   Learn about the best games to incorporate into your classroom, and the many benefits of incorporating games into your classroom such as: Concentration Skills Problem Solving Skills   Reduces Impulsivity Strategizing Skills   ..read more

More behavior intervention -- Are you struggling to get some of those unwanted behaviors under control?  If you already have a classroom management system in place that works for the majority of your students, you may want to consider in Individual Reward System for a couple of students in your class that may be exhibiting more challenging behaviors, this episode will show you how. Learn the 7 steps to implementing a successful individual reward system.  ..read more

Are you seeing many unwanted behaviors in your classroom during instruction time? Do you think you can improve your students success if you could just get rid of some of  those distracting behaviors that decrease the amount of classroom teaching that you can actually do? If so, this episode is just for you we were discuss easy to implement class reward systems. Student Reward Interest Survey and other resources ..read more

Are you having behavior challenges in your classroom? Some of your students may benefit from self-monitoring. Self-monitoring is a behavior intervention that empowers your students and improves their self-esteem.   This episode discusses the  behavior intervention called  "Self-monitoring." More resources for self-monitoring  ..read more

Are you having behavior challenges in your classroom? Could it be that some of your students need to pause and take a break?  Did you know that allowing students to pause and take breaks can improve their health?  This episode discusses a popular behavior intervention called  "Structured Breaks and Class Passes."  More information on structured breaks Article on the Health Benefits of Pausing and Taking Breaks  ..read more

Is your district experience extreme credential teacher shortages and substitute teacher shortages?  See how some other districts are handling this huge issue.  This episode also talks about how teachers are going to make self-care a priority this school year to avoid burnout.  ..read more

If you have tried every tier 1 behavior intervention that you can think of with no success, you might want to start considering tier 2 level interventions. CICO is a very effective tier 2 intervention that  can help improve the behavior and academic success of your more behavior challenged students. CICO Samples  ..read more

Do you ever wonder why some students behave the way that they do? Did you ever wonder how you could properly address their behavior challenges?  This episodes discusses the 5 key components to behavior analysis,  which will allow you to determine the most appropriate interventions for some of your most challenging students. ABC Data Sheet  ..read more

This episode discusses the best p1ractices on how to minimize behavior disruptions in your classroom. In this episode we discuss the following categories:  1) Rules 2) Routines/Procedures 3) Behavior 4) Physical Arrangement of Your Classroom  ..read more

Learn the strategies and techniques that Lisa Winslow, a 36 year old special education veteran, utilized to get her struggling students to read with a 100% success rate ..read more