Response to Intervention--Behavioral Model

After attending the MATCEI (Michigan Association of Teachers of Children with Emotional Impairment) conference in April, I was fortunate enough to learn a great detail about RTI from a behavioral model stand point. 

Let's give all students data based intervention for their behaviors and THEN...for the students who don't respond to that school-wide positive behavior support system, we will look at the function of their behaviors and see what we can do as teachers to increase their positive, appropriate behaviors through more data based interventions. 

I am sure I have mentioned the "Safe and Civil Schools" by Randy Sprick, but I wanted to mention that even if the school you teach at does not implement Randy's program, it would benefit your students to take a look at the positive behavior management system from the RTI standpoint! 

Here is the website, please visit for more information:

http://www.safeandcivilschools.com/

Berrien Springs Public Schools

I was recently hired for my first resource room teaching position in Berrien Springs Public Schools. Go Shamrocks!! BSPS partakes in district-wide learning goals to ensure that students practice and master the critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity skills essential to success and productivity in our 21st century global community. 

As we constantly assess our students, it is so important that we are evaluating these skills. Our goal is for our students to be able to ask themselves these questions so they can self monitor and become independent in these areas.

Here is a short overview of these indicators of success:

1. Critical Thinker- How do I think, reason and solve problems? 
2. Communicator- How do I understand and communicate ideas?
3. Collaborator- How do I work with others?
4. Creator- How do I demonstrate what I know, think or feel?

If our students are able to use these indicators of success, they will feel proud about their work and continue to reflect and make adjustments =)

Data Collection Forms and More!

Check out this website for generic data collection forms and information about teaching students with autism!

CLICK HERE: http://www.polyxo.com/data/