WELCOMELearning to love Behavior and the IEP

Learning the Language of EC

• Acronyms Galore• Basic categories• Basic modifications• Other

Your Role in the IEP

• EC teacher• RE teacher• LEA (usually principal or appointed person)• Counselor• Related Services• EC director• Superintendent

THE IEP

• Goals• Modifications• Assessment• Questions/Answers

Your Role after the IEP

• Teachers– Regular Education– Special Education– Principal

Modifications/Accommodations

• Understanding the classroom expectations• The legal implications• Documentation

The Most Needy…ICING on the cake

• I - Identify• C - commit• I - Initiate a plan• N - Note the change• G - Gauge the success

Understanding the Parent

• While the parent may not have the same parenting style as you, most still care about their child.

• Most parents love their children. We are not here to assess how they express their love to their child, but to help their child as much as we, the teacher can.

• We cannot change the home, but we can change the school-home interaction.

• It can begin with one positive phone call.

What to Praise

• If you can observe, you can praise it!

Ways to Praise

• Praise and Rewards can be easy.– Economical– Individualized– Given with expectation– Given randomly

Academics not Behavior

• Separate academics and behavior.– The two are very different.– Some children are successful in one area and not

another. • We have to start at the area of success.

Behavior

• EVERY behavior has a purpose.• Every behavior helps the student gain, escape

or avoid.• The challenge is to find out the reason for the

behavior.

10 Words every child should know

Baggage Activity

• Acquire a suitcase, preferably old, beat up suitcase.• Give students several copies of a shirt (or black sheets of

paper)• Discuss that we all carry “baggage” everywhere we go. A lot

of times we don’t know what’s in each other’s suitcase of baggage.

• Encourage students to write possible “baggage” that either they or their peers bring to school with them everyday. Remind them this is anonymous.

• Have students place shirts in suitcase when finished.• Discuss answers with students.

Classroom Jobs

Token System

(and other group rewards)

A B C’s

A Basic Continuum

Desirable Differences

• Games• Group work• Teams• Rubrics• Materials• Testing• Calls home

Shhhhh……

• Intentional Pause• Silence• Premeditated thoughts• Rote answers• Repetition

Considering our own purpose

Punitive, Purposeful, Preparation

Question and Answer

• IEP• Behavior• Other

Contact Information

• Amber Halliburton– Walter Johnson Middle– Email – ahalliburton@burke.k12.nc.us