Best Practices:

 

q    Celebrate Learning

q    Acceleration / Previewing

q    Differentiated Instruction

q    Parent Involvement

q    Parent Conferences

q    Direct and Small Group Instruction

q    Using concrete Materials

q    Tutoring

q    Graphic Organizers

q    Manipulatives

q    Modifications

q    Alternative Work Folders

q    Student observations

q    Student conferences

q    Teaching toward student interests and learning styles

q    Learning preference questionnaire

q    Real-life examples

q    Study partners

q    Varied forms of assessment

q    Learning Centers

q    Student Reflection

q    Brain – based compatible classroom

q    Clearly established rituals and routines

q    Teacher Reaction – verbal and nonverbal

q    Tangible Recognitions

q    Direct Cost – direct and concrete consequence

q    Group contingency – specific set of students must reach goal level for appropriate behavior

q    Home contingency – strategies in which behavior monitoring occurs at home

q    Setting behavioral goals and providing feedback that is both constructive and reflective in nature.