Podcast: School psychologist & licensed behavior specialist shares strategies on how to help a child with behavior problems.
This Evidence-Based Approach Improves Student Behavior and Engagement
Learn about this evidence-based strategy teachers can use to help a child with behavior problems in school.
How to Prevent Temper Tantrums (Home & School)
Find out how to prevent children from throwing temper tantrums at school and at home.
Try These Top 10 Behavior Strategies for Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Practical research-based behavior strategies for treatment of a child with oppositional defiant disorder or related symptoms. Shared by a licensed behavior specialist and certified school psychologist.
When Do Rewards Make Sense? 25 Privileges Children Can Earn for Following the Rules and Having “Good Behavior”
Research supports that letting children earn rewards and privileges is effective. Find out why and when rewards are useful. Get reward ideas for positive behavior.
Use These 10 Simple Strategies to Improve Children’s Behavior Today (Home/School)
Research-based and experienced-based strategies from a school psychologist on how to help a child with behavior problems at home and in school.
6 Tips to Teach a Child Self-Discipline
Here are some research-based tips to give us suggestions on how to teach a child self-discipline
How to Handle Temper Tantrums (Home & School)
Research-based strategies to tell us how to stop temper tantrums in children at home and in school.
How Do Positive Role Models Affect Our Youth and Communities?
Research findings indicate that adolescents who can identify a positive role model in their lives have higher grades and self-esteem than those who can’t, particularly when the youth knows their role model on a personal level. Positive role models are also shown to decrease a youth’s potential for risky behaviors such as drug and alcohol abuse, sexual intercourse, and violence. …
Why Positive Behavior Support is Way More Than A Sticker Chart!
Positive behavior support and positive parenting are methods that work to teach kids right from wrong using natural and logical consequences (e.g., you make a mess you clean it up; you take something without asking, you give it back; you break something on purpose, you work to earn the money to fix it; you are disruptive in the movie theatre, …
5 Effective Anger Management Tips for Kids (or Adults)
It’s natural to get angry when you feel misheard, misunderstood, treated unfairly, or wrongfully accused. When you are angry, you often feel stuck with a problem that you can’t solve. Rather than yelling, screaming, hitting or hiding, here are some problem-solving strategies to help you make the most out of a difficult situation. There problem-solving strategies are based on the …
Are You Using This Number One Strategy to Get Your Children to Listen?
Find out how to use positive phrasing to improve behavior in children. Improve listening and reduce power struggles.
An Interactive Story to Teach Kids About Restaurant Behavior
Social stories are a research-based tool used to help children prepare for real-life events. They can be used to teach someone what to expect or how to behave in a particular setting. Because no situation is the same, it may be helpful to talk to your child about how their restaurant experience might be different from the story below. For example, in this story …
What Is a Functional Behavior Assessment & Is It Effective?
What is a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)? An FBA is a research-based method used to figure out why a child is behaving a certain way in the school setting (an FBA can also be done in a residential treatment center or at home if a child is receiving mental health services there; parents can also think about ways to use an …
Responsive Classroom: Evidenced-Based Approach Improves Academics & Behavior
What is Responsive Classroom? Responsive Classroom is an evidence-based approach to teaching elementary and middle school students. Responsive Classroom stresses the importance of fusing social-emotional learning with academic learning to create the optimal environment for success. Research finds that the Responsive Classroom approach is associated with higher math and reading achievement, an improved school climate, and higher-quality instruction. Responsive Classroom …
You Can Use Schedules to Improve Children’s Behavior with These Tips
This article discusses how to use schedules with children to promote positive behaviors. Strategies can also be utilized with adults with special needs. Using visual schedules for individuals who may have trouble with reading or language is discussed as well. Schedules can make a positive difference in a child’s behavior in class or at home. When a schedule is in place, children …
8 Major Principles of Positive Behavior Support
While in graduate school for education and school psychology, I learned about the principles of positive behavior support, a research-based practice. At the time, I was working in a group home with individuals with a variety of emotional and behavioral needs. I knew this would be the perfect setting to implement my newly learned strategies. I immediately saw the positive …
An Interactive Story about What School Is Like and How to Behave
Below you will find an interactive social story about going to school. The story can be used to help children prepare for a typical school day including their first day of school. You can also read this story with your child to practice reading skills. Social stories are a research-based tool used to help children prepare for real-life events. They …
17 Ways to Get Your Kids to Listen to You and Show You Respect
This article gives you tips that teach you how to get your kids to listen to you, show you respect, and connect with you.
How to Motivate Your Students and Get Them to Listen to You (39 Effective Strategies for Classroom Management)
This article gives 39 effective classroom management strategies to help you get your students motivated while following the class rules and expectations. Your students can be motivated to listen and show respect.
Printable Classroom Rules with Matching Visuals
See below for strategies and tips on implementing your classroom rules. Download [130.34 KB] Set Up Your RulesHaving rules/expectations for behavior in the classroom is a great way to encourage positive behavior if used correctly. For rules to be effective: keep them short and to the point, do not have too many rules (3 to 5 is a good rule …
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