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Positive Interventions (Hyper Activity (Data tracking (Daily Positive…
Positive Interventions
Hyper Activity
Data tracking
Daily Positive Behavior Tracking I really like that this technique focuses on positive behavior rather than negative behavior. Create a chart or tally system to reward a student for when they perform within your expectations. Do this daily and stay consistent. Perhaps even have it publicly announced or seen. I think a key point here is to make your expectations achievable by all students. With class time is divided up appropriately and switches from different activities often then students with hyperactivity are capable of staying focused. Reward students verbally when they complete a task with no interruption or acting out. Over time, we can experiment with different techniques, transitions, activities and see which ones led to the most positive behaviors.
Behavior Intervention Plan I want to add this to Data tracking as well because I believe that built into the BIP should be a form of monitoring. I think creating a list of expectations and ways to gauge behavior improvement are essential to identifying the most useful strategies of the plan. The plan needs to be revisited consistently otherwise you run the risk of it becoming outdated and useless and stagnating the development of the student. Students grow and develop and the plan should too. In order to track if the plan is working some tools i would use include: monitoring how efficient class time is spent, if they are doing all their homework, if lesson plans go uninterrupted, and more generally how their grades are.
Student Learning Style Survey I really liked this form of data tracking and I think coupled with a student progress self evaluation it can be super useful in creating a natural feedback system between your techniques or strategies and the student's learning. I also like that it give the student autonomy over their own learning and they get to communicate with you directly what works for them what does not work for them. It also allows the student to self analyze, a skill that I think is necessary for self regulation.
Interventions
Teach Relaxation and Coping Techniques and give breaks I combined these techniques all together because if you have overly hyperactive students then class time should be divided up into 20-40 minute segments depending on the severity. most of the schools I've taught at work their classes into 80 minute segments, which is way too long for any student to remain engaged. Specifically for hyperactive students I think that self regulation is key and having a quiet space away from other students to do work may be necessary or they can use it to retreat to when they feel overwhelmed. Taking breaks to do breathing exercises is a way to calm students down. Or, as I mentioned in my anxiety section, using guided meditation videos can also sooth hyperactive children. I think incorporating free work time for 10 minutes in the middle of class where students take a break, listen to nature sounds, and scribble a picture can be beneficial to help these students stay focused when you need them to.
Create a Behavior Intervention Plan First gather parents, colleagues, and administration together and determine the student's main problem behaviors, the root causes of these behaviors, and then develop strategies to help. This plan gets developed after months of the current school policies not ameliorating the student's behavior. Proper tracking of the behavior needs to be reviewed as well including any notes that anyone has on what motivates the student. If the student already has a 504 plan or IEP then collaborating with these plans might be beneficial.
Get parents involved. I think then students are hyperactive usually the parents know it as well and they have developed certain techniques to assist in keeping student. They may also know how long is the average time the student is able to stay focused and then you as the teacher can implement breaks in class time to match the students attention span. Perhaps also the parents know if certain foods, such as sugar, affect the child and perhaps if the teacher can ensure the student does not consume these kinds of foods in their class. Either way, meeting the parents can be extremely beneficial to developing a plan to re mediate the student's behavior.
Anxiety
Data Tracking
Data Tracking
Keeping a journal Giving students class time to write a self reflection can be very useful for students to learn their emotional patterns and triggers as well as self regulate. I think providing prompts that instigate reflection over personal experiences such as "when was the last time you felt stressed? Why were you stressed? How did you react?" Can be useful in teaching students self regulation as well as incorporate social emotional learning aspects into your curriculum.
Emotion tracker A simple way to track overall emotions during identifying patterns. I think having students rate their engagement and feelings toward a class, and interactions with their parents or friends can be useful to find potential triggers. Also, having a comments section to write down their thoughts of the experience so they can review it with the teacher. This needs to be done daily and preferable throughout the day.
Referral to counselor If the teacher cannot help address the students stresses or needs and the problems arise from problems at home, then I think a weekly 3rd party mediator such as a school counselor can be useful in identifying and tracking of what the student is going through.
Interventions
Create a safe quite space in the classroom When a student is feeling overwhelmed or generally antisocial or not engaged, having a place away from other students, distractions and triggers for them to complete work can be useful for a few reasons. One, showing them that you care and you know sometimes they just need a break. Two, it allows them block out everything else that may cause stress and just do their work.
Teach Coping and Relaxation Skills This is very useful in managing anxiety. The pains of anxiety can be greatly eased if students find ways of self regulation that enable them to critically think about how their feeling and create rational responses and solutions to their emotions. at the beginning of class it maybe important to start off with a relaxation technique. I have used guided meditations from youtube to begin class time that walks students through ways to analyze their thoughts and thus examine how they are feeling. The more frequently the brain practices this technique the easier it is to consistently utilize. When a student first begins to feel frustrated stop class and take time to do a relaxation technique and hopefully within the time this will be a natural response of students. This should be done with the class as a whole as all students will benefit from it but if further specialized help is needed then individual practice may be necessary.
Meet with the student one on one Sometimes just being there as someone to talk to helps ease student's stresses significantly. Once students see you as someone they can rely on they are more likely to confide in you and help you hep them. Having an open door policy where students can come in before school or in between classes to confide in you is sometimes the one thing they need. In high school, many other teachers and students can feel like the enemy so being one who genuinely cares and wants to hear about their problems and help them find solutions can help students exponentially.