My most fun, even more fun than data teams, is teacher consultation. Teacher consultation is when I go into a room of chaos and help create order by helping the teacher to use new systems to manage their classrooms. I do this using many systems, both by using published systems such as Tough Kids, but more often using systems of my own devising’s. Systems of my own devising are of course based on research-based theories such as the use of praise and positive reinforcement, or the use of self-management and visual supports. Because I am so passionate about consultation, I want to share my work with the world. So, I have had one of my systems published in a peer-reviewed journal and am beginning my work on my next study.
My first study, The Positive Plus Program: Affirmative Classroom Management was published in 2018 in the journal Behavioral Interventions. It is available with open access on Research Gate. It describes the Positive Plus Program (3P), a system that dramatically increases the use of Behavior Specific Praise and positive reinforcement. I love the program, but I admit it has drawbacks, it is labor-intensive and not for use in classrooms that are already heavily using praise and positive reinforcement to attempt to manage behavior. It is more effective in classrooms where the teacher is more likely to reprimand than praise. If you are interested in seeing the curriculum for the Positive Plus Program follow this link to my Teachers Pay Teachers site. Positive Partnerships NCSP. Now that study one has been accomplished, it is time to initiate the study on my other most often used intervention Classroom Countdown.
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