There are so many great tools to help schools develop interventions. My problem is trying to keep track of them. I needed to find a way to keep some these resources in once place. So, I put together this post. If you are developing supports at each tier for your elementary, middle, or high school, you […]
Secondary Transition Supports
I am asked about resources for helping students transition from school to post secondary life. These questions come from parents of children with and without disabilities. They also come from educators who want to help their students become healthy future contributors to society. These individuals have at least one thing in common, a concern for […]
Give them a break, no, really..
If you have ever been in one of my classes or workshops, you may have seen something a little weird. About every 45 minutes, I am going to ask if there is a coach in the room..Then, we all get up and do some type of synchronized stretching. We also might use a web based […]
High Schools and Hallways
You are not alone if you ever wondered if student tardiness was a chronic problem in high schools. According to (Spaulding, 2010), this is one of the leading discipline problems in high schools. So what are some solutions? Active supervisor may be one. This approach includes scanning the setting, acknowledging students, providing feedback, etc. Rather […]
Examples of Tiers of Intervention
Sometimes a question comes in related to finding information about tiers of intervention in high schools. There are a few examples I really like. I really like this example of PBIS and RtI in high school settings (great practical examples at the end of the paper) http://www.betterhighschools.org/pubs/documents/HSTII_LessonsLearned.pdf Also, Matt Burns recently held an online […]