Disruptive Behaviors in the Classroom: Quick "On the Spot" Social-Emotional Learning and Behavior Interventions That Get Big Results!

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Savanna S. Flakes, EdS, CAS Related seminars and products

Inclusion for a Better Future, LLC

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Savanna Flakes, EdS, CAS, is an award-winning teacher, experienced instructional leader, and educational consultant who has taught a variety of subjects and led professional development for multiple school levels on a range of topics such as differentiation, literacy interventions, inclusion, co-teaching, and specially designed instruction. Educators who have worked with Savanna have often commented on her experience and knowledge of differentiated instructional strategies to ensure every learner has access to the curriculum and is ready for 21st century success. She is an engaging and enthusiastic international presenter who believes that every child has talents to offer and can be a contributing member in our classroom, school, and society. Savanna holds an education specialist degree in administration leadership, a post masters certificate in education leadership, and curriculum and instruction: literacy, and special education. She is a national board-certified teacher (NBPTS), an international education technology standards certified teacher (ISTE), Google Certified Educator, and the author of a best-selling education book, Shaking Up Special Education: Instructional Moves to Increase Achievement.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Savanna Flakes is the CEO for Inclusion for a Better Future, LLC. She is an adjunct professor at the American University in Washington DC. Savanna Flakes receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Savanna Flakes is a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the Learning Forward, TASH, and the Council for Exceptional Children.

Objectives

1. Utilize best practices in the classroom to create a positive learning environment that fosters teamwork and helps students to develop prosocial behaviour and relationships with peers and adults.
2. Implement instructional intervention strategies to support students’ social-emotional learning as it relates to frustration management, impulse control and perseverance to achieve personal and educational goals.
3. Differentiate between a growth versus fixed mindset and implement interventions to support the development of a perseverance and grit in students.
4. Analyze common challenging student behaviours and demonstrate the application of a positive behavioural strategy to facilitate social-emotional learning skills.
5. Implement both proactive and reactive strategies for the most challenging disruptive and explosive student behaviour.
6. Develop a SEL plan or behaviour plan that can be used to support challenging student behaviour across all settings.

Outline

Whole Classroom SEL Techniques and Behavior Interventions, Activities & Instructional Practices To…

Build A Positive Classroom Community

• The neuroscience behind your class: Ideas for working with student diversity
• Cooperative learning structures to promote teamwork: Experiential activities
• Reduce classroom anxiety and increase student connection to lessons
• Build positive and effective learning-based classrooms
• Evidenced-based practices for the five core competencies of SEL

Develop Student Perseverance and Grit

• Growth vs fixed mindset: Research-based case studies
• Build perseverance: Video demonstrations
• Develop resilience toward rigorous and complex tasks
• Mistakes as opportunities and prevent fear of failure

Increase Student Self-Awareness

• Teach them how to assess their strengths and limitations Increase self-confidence, optimism and self-efficacy
• Help them identify emotions, thoughts and behaviours in different situations
• Teach self-discipline and goal-setting skills
• Self-monitoring techniques to track learning and academic behaviours Improve

Student Self-Regulation Skills

• Model positive self-talk and effective self-reflection
• Support executive-functioning needs
• Develop problem-solving skills and solving conflicts
• Manage and cope with emotions using evidencedbased frameworks

Develop Student Social Awareness

• Teach perspective taking and empathy
• Social anxiety techniques to reduce stress
• Lesson plans on social and ethical norms for behaviour

Manage Disruptive Behavior

• Proactive and corrective measures
• Practical motivational incentives
• Strategies for the basic functions and needs of chronic misbehaviour

Enhance Whole Class Positive Behavior Interventions

• Behaviour strategies to support academic success
• Core elements of evidenced-based classwide reinforcement systems
• Lesson plans on character education

Respond to Trauma and Tragedy

• Strategies to positively support trauma impacted students
• Calm the stress response related to anxiety or depression
• Alternatives to zero-tolerance policies to help nurture resilience
• Mitigate stress through mindfulness exercises, goalsetting activities and group identity-building

Target Audience

• General Education Teachers
• Special Education Teachers
• School Administration
• School Social Wokers
• School Counselors
• School Psychologists
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• School Paraprofessionals
• Other Helping Professionals who Work with School-Age Children