Behavior management, PBIS, and ADHD strategies for K–1
Key Questions
What are key PBIS strategies for K-1 behavior management?
PBIS includes family scripts, self-regulation, Edutopia engagement signals, self-esteem activities, calming caddies, TPT trackers, and games. New resources like 29 Mental Health activities and Positive Classroom Mgmt Guide bolster low-prep PBIS.
How does the Feeling Thermometer aid ADHD and behavior issues?
The Feeling Thermometer builds self-regulation with zones and scripts, supporting ADHD strategies alongside redirections, visuals, UDL, and sensory fixes.
What curricular adaptations help children with learning problems?
Adaptations include hands-on activities, sensory supports, bell ringers, MTSS for ML disabilities, and trauma charts from Bank Street and Estherwood rugs.
How can teachers handle bullying in K-1 classrooms?
Fishbowl discussions highlight handling bullying through integrity lessons, team discussions, and strategies like Fishbowl threads to address it directly.
What Ron Clark Academy training offers for behavior?
Lafayette teachers attended Ron Clark Academy for PD on positive classroom management, engagement signals, and low-prep PBIS techniques.
What are effective directions and engagement strategies?
Give clear directions students understand, use hands-on activities prioritizing creativity, and bell ringers like 50+ examples for every subject.
How do emotional intelligence skills support behavior?
Teach EI skills like managing feelings, forming relationships, and using emotions as information, with Tiny Voices strategies and integrity lessons.
What TPT resources aid mental health and behavior?
TPT offers 29 Mindful Mental Health activities, 40 adaptable games from Ms. Tessier's Toolbox, trackers, and LEGO tricks for chaos fixes.
Redirections/visuals/UDL/sensory/chaos fixes/inclusion woes/trauma boundaries; PBIS/SEE family scripts/self-reg/Edutopia engagement signals/self-esteem activities/calming caddies/TPT trackers/games/LEGO tricks/Estherwood rugs/Bank Street trauma charts/routines resilience, clear directions/hands-on/sensory/bell ringers/ML disabilities MTSS, Fishbowl bullying threads, integrity lessons. New TPT 29 Mental Health activities, Positive Classroom Mgmt Guide, Feeling Thermometer, curricular adaptations, Lafayette Ron Clark PD bolster low-prep PBIS.