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Integrated Writing Instruction
Students with writing disabilities typically find the act of writing to be both difficult and unrewarding. These students' resulting lack of motivation to write can...
Managing Test Anxiety
Tests and quizzes are more widely used in schools than ever. Teachers rely on written examinations to show whether students have learned the information presented...
Entertaining Ideas for Educating Students
Teachers can take heart in the good news that students are likely to make meaningful progress toward instructional goals when they engage in regular drill,...
Working With Defiant Kids
Communication Tools for Teachers Teachers cite conflicts with defiant and noncompliant students as being a primary cause of classroom disruption. In many schools, staff believes...
Breaking the Attention-Seeking Habit
The Power of Random Positive Teacher AttentionSome students misbehave because they are trying to attract teacher attention. Surprisingly, many students who value adult attention don't...
Guided Notes
Teachers help students to take notes more accurately and efficiently by having the class use guided notes. Guided notes are teacher-prepared handouts, or notes-templates.Like traditional...
Exceptional Edge Newsletter Links
We changed the way we lay out our news links in our weekly newsletter to offer more context, but we want to ensure those who...
Reducing Problem Behaviors Through Good Academic Management
10 Strategies 10 StrategiesStudents who are confrontational or non-compliant frequently have poor academic skills, a low sense of self-efficacy as learners, and a very negative...
Creating Safe Playgrounds: A Whole-School Approach
Almost all students love recess. But schools find that behavior and safety problems can often occur on the playground-for reasons that are easy to understand....
Paired Reading
The student reads aloud in tandem with an accomplished reader. At a student signal, the helping reader stops reading, while the student continues on. When...
Strategies for Managing Defiance and Non-Compliance
Students who are defiant or non-compliant can be among the most challenging to teach. They can frequently interrupt instruction, often do poorly academically, and may...
Extending Learning Across Time & Space
Introduction Teachers have every right to celebrate when they finally succeed in teaching struggling students to use academic or behavioral strategies in their classrooms. Despite...
Forced-Choice Reinforcer Assessment: Guidelines
Introduction The teacher of a child with severe or profound developmental disabilities may want to motivate the student by rewarding his or her work performance...
Response Effort
Introduction The amount of effort that a person must put forth to successfully complete a specific behavior has a direct impact on the frequency that...
Smooth Classroom Traffic
Introduction Classroom noise and disruptive behaviors are a problem that all teachers face. Control of noise and behavior can be challenging, but without appropriate classroom...
Strategies to Prepare Classrooms for Substitute Teachers
Introduction Substitute teachers have one of the toughest jobs in the world. They are often expected to cover a classroom full of unknown students on...
Effective Teacher Commands
Introduction As classroom managers, teachers regularly use commands to direct students to start and stop activities. Instructors find commands to be a crucial tool for...
Respectful Classroom
National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) This Week’s Topic:Respectful Classroom This intervention uses review of classroom behavioral expectations, daily prompts, and (optional) student self-monitoring 'spot-checks'...
Establishing a Positive Classroom Climate
National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) This Week’s Topic:Establishing a Positive Classroom Climate: Teacher Advice At a recent behavior-management workshop, teachers shared their best ideas...
Training and Working with your Assistant Teachers and Paraprofessionals
National Association of SpecialEducation Teachers(NASET) This Issue's Topic:Training and Working with your Assistant Teachers and Paraprofessionals One of the most frequent questions we get from...