One of the issues that a number of teachers raised on social media in response to the last podcast on data collection was difficulty with training paraprofessionals to take the data. In reality, training any adults in our classrooms can be tough, just in finding time but also in negotiating the relationships we have built among the team. And it…
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IEP data collection is one of the most difficult things that I hear teachers trying to figure out. Let’s face it, everyone tells you to take data, but few people actually walk through how to do it. So in this episode, I want to walk you through what the 3 things that we need our data collection to be…
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Do you have perseveration in your classroom? Do your students get stuck on one topic and won’t let it go? Or do they have to have a specific item with them at all times? There are lots of challenging behaviors out there, some more dangerous than others. But interestingly the one that can frustrate you the most on a day…
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Teacher self-care. We hear that phrase a lot in education. Of course we do…educators have hard jobs. And special educators have really hard jobs. Right? Self-care is really critical to prevent burnout…we hear that all the time. On the flip side, though, I’ll bet that at some point you have heard somebody talk about teacher self-care and thought..”yeah, other people…
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Have you ever put a behavior plan in place and thought it was working? Your staff felt good about it and everyone agreed it was improving. But when you looked at your behavior tracking, you realized the behavior was the same? How could that be? I’ve seen this happen many times in the past. It happens, many times I believe,…
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