Classroom Environment
Environment that encourages individual strengths, use of wait time and functional individualized curriculum
What is the academic environment
Principal - Teacher - Instructional Assistant
(Questions/Concerns go through the chain)
What is the chain of command
The use of physical behavior, expressions, and mannerisms to communicate nonverbally, is often done instinctively rather than consciously.
What is body language
Rewarding a preferred behavior -can be verbal praise, gestural (thumbs up), aa sticker, etc
What is positive reinforcement
The blue, green, yellow and red zone
What are the 4 zones of regulation
this environment helps improve attention, reduce anxiety, supports emotional and behavioral regulation of students.
A positive classroom environment
Daily events are predictable due to structures that identify events order (visual schedules, etc)
Students on the Spectrum thrive with this.
What is a structured routine
a form of communication consisting of simple two-word long sentences often composed of a noun and a verb
(sit chair now). (ready hands)
What is telegraphing
behaviors or stereotypy, are repetitive body movements or repetitive movements of objects
What is stimming
Zone for being mad, angry, out of control
What is the Red Zone
Students need a positive classroom that supports their confidence, peer interactions and esteem along their educational path
What is the emotional classroom environment
Charts, schedules, recipes, step by step pictures
What are Visual Strategies
The amount of time a teacher pauses between asking a question and the beginning of a student's response or teacher redirection
What is Wait Time
Our ability to establish and maintain the level of arousal/alertness, attention, activity and affect (emotion) that is appropriate for the situation at hand
What is self-regulation
Zone for being sad, bored, sick
What is the Blue Zone
The design of a classroom, including how it’s laid out to influence learning, and which spaces are designated for learning activities.
What is the physical environment
a way of working that focuses on abilities, knowledge and capacities rather than deficits, or things that are lacking.
What is teaching to strengths
Verbal speech can be transient ( in one ear out the other) but these strategies can make message constant
What is
What is written questions (Picture form) or written directions to follow (Picture Form) to complete discussion or task. (visual cues)
Simply provide a student or students with a quick reminder of what they should be doing, where they should be, what the expectations are, the class rules, routines, etc.
What is redirection
The zone for being silly, wiggly, worried, frustrated
What is the Yellow Zone
Name the 3 types of classroom environment
What are the physical, emotional and academic classroom environments
Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic and Tactile
What are the 4 type of learners
More than just words, tone of voice, body language and non-verbal behavior
What is communication
The most effective behavioral strategy
What is "catch them being good"
Strategy for staff when dealing with student in the red zone. (lower your voice, slow your rate of speech)
What is Low and Slow