PBIS

Staying Calm to Boost Positive Student Behavior

Staying Calm to Boost Positive Student Behavior

Your student is acting out again, and you become dysregulated. Out goes the student for a discipline referral. You are worried that you will have to tackle more difficult behavior, and it shows—your demeanor lets students know you have had it. Navigating challenging behavior is not easy. It often leads to disciplinary actions that benefit no one. It is also emotionally disruptive.

School Year Success! Strategies to Instill Positive Behavior in the Classroom

School Year Success! Strategies to Instill Positive Behavior in the Classroom

Presented by Wendy Amato, M.Ed., Ph.D., Former Educator, Current Chief Academic Officer, Learners Edge; Keely Keller, M.Ed., Former Educator, Current Director of Professional Programs, Learners Edge; and Shannon Rice, M.Ed., Special Education Teacher/Helping Teacher, Corning-Painted Post Area School District (NY)

Gamifying PBIS

Improving Schoolwide Behavior Through Gamification

Now that online games have become so popular among K-12 students, school and district administrators can use gamification techniques to create a positive school climate and encourage positive behavior by individual students who have differing needs. Shawn Young, co-founder and CEO of Classcraft, explained during a recent edWebinar how gamification techniques can be combined with research-based approaches such as Response to Intervention (RTI), to create engaging and systematic Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS).

Reversing the Engagement Decline

PBIS and Middle School: Reversing the Engagement Decline

In this edWebinar, we’ll discuss why implementing a PBIS framework that focuses holistically on student engagement — and not simply behavior — is not only more likely to promote positive behavior change but to lead to measurable gains in SEL and school climate.