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Classroom and Behavior Management
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training articles written by staff members of the
Indiana Resource Center for Autism.
Red and Green Choices
If you use the "Stay on the Green" system in your classroom (and even if you don't), check out this site! I think it is a great idea to use with our students! This page also has printables to use in the classroom.
THE YACKER TRACKER This device looks like a traffic light. It allows students to monitor their noise level in the classroom. I love mine! It really works in my classroom! Special thanks to Melissa Ringold at Greenway Middle School for recommending this one!
"Stay on the Green" is a system which I have found very effective. The goal, of course, is to "Stay on the Green". Students can do this by following classroom rules. Students who are not following the rules are given warnings, reminders & choices to either "do work", "stay in seat", "work quietly" etc. or "change their color". Students who choose not to follow the rules will have their color changed on the chart. In my classroom, the student "on the green" earns more choice board time at the end of the day. This has been a great incentive for my students. I also write in a daily journal to parents telling them what color their child is on each day. This is a nice visual system for students with autism.
For some students, this behavior management technique works best. The students are able to earn up to 2 points per period. At the end of the day, the points are added. The students earn choice board time, computer time or another desired activities based on the number of points earned.
Signs for use in the classroom or hallway.
A good visual to review with students before walking in the hallway.
Here is an example of a cafeteria behavior reward. My students must get all the pieces of a pizza and a soda can in order for our class to have a pizza party. Each day, the principal judges their cafeteria behavior and will give them a reward piece, if earned. The students must earn this reward as a whole group, thus, if one student misbehaves the class does not earn the reward for the day.
Beside the pizza reward visual are the cafeteria rules that we go over each day before lunch. The pictures at the bottom are for another student who had difficulty and needed a bit more. He takes a clipboard to lunch with the same visual reminders attached to it.
This is the visual one of my students takes to lunch each day (close up).
Here is another example of a reward system. Students must earn pieces of the banana split each day. When the entire banana split picture is complete, the students will get to make their own banana splits.
Behavior Management Printables
"First/Then" (Made with Boardmaker, PDF file)
Use with picture symbols to show the students what they must do first and what will happen when they finish.
Bus Schedule
(Made with Boardmaker, PDF file)
Use as a reminder for "On the Bus Behavior". You can give the bus driver tickets to give the students for following the rules. The students can trade the tickets for stickers or other rewards in the classroom. I paste and laminate this onto a large envelope for students.
Bowling Trip Schedule (Made with Boardmaker, PDF file)
Use this schedule for a bowling trip.
Zoo Trip Schedule (Made with Boardmaker, PDF file)
Use this schedule one a trip to the zoo.
Lunch Schedule (Made with Boardmaker, PDF file)
Use in the cafeteria to help add structure to lunch.
Recess Choice Sheet (Made with Boardmaker, PDF file)
Add structure to recess. This helps keep students in one place and allows 2 students per activity.
Do Not Disturb Sign (Made with Boardmaker, PDF file)
Place in various areas of the room.
Do Not Enter Sign (Made with Boardmaker, PDF file)
Place in various areas of the room.
Packing up to go home (Made with Boardmaker, PDF file)
A visual reminder for students who need assistance getting ready to go home.
Class Rules (Made with Boardmaker, PDF file)
Visual reminders of the class rules.
Links to some great behavior management sites!
Dr. Mac's Amazing behavior Management Site!
This site is fantastic! Not only does Dr. Mac have tons of advise on behavior management, but he also has a message board and a message board archive of all types of behaviors and possible solutions. This site has been very useful to me throughout my years in special education.
www.disciplinehelp.com
Another useful site! "You Can Handle Them All!" A discipline model for handling over 100 different misbehaviors at school and at home. This provides the misbehaviors and what to do about them!
Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions, ideas or comments!
