General Classroom Strategies

Behavior Break: Silent Hand Signals

This Behavior Break will introduce the concept of silent hand signals and provide examples of how to use them in the classroom. 

Hand Signal Poster
Implementation Steps

Behavior Break: Building Relationships

This Behavior Break will cover two different strategies that will help school personnel build positive relationships with students.

TUMS graphic
Read the Room graphic

Behavior Break: ABCs of Behavior

This Behavior Break introduces you to the ABCs of behavior: antecedent, behavior, and consequence, and how these can assist you in the classroom.

Behavior Break: Routines and Procedures

This Behavior Break will discuss the difference between routines and procedures, break down the steps for each, and show how to make them effective in your classroom. 

Behavior Break: Giving Effective Demands

This Behavior Break provides strategies for giving demands that result in increased compliance and decreased power struggles. 

Strategies for Giving Effective Demands

Behavior Break: Feedback that Empowers

This Behavior Break will cover providing effective feedback that will have a positive impact on students.

Feedback Handout
Example Self Monitoring Data Sheet

Behavior Break: Reinforcement

This Behavior Break will outline what reinforcement is and provide different examples of how to use it in the classroom both virtually and in person.

Virtual Star Chart
Virtual “You Get a Pass” Chart
Virtual Marble Jar

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Behavior Break: Good Behavior Game

This Behavior Break will cover the group contingency The Good Behavior Game.

Behavior Break: The Incredible 5 Point Scale

This Behavior Break will introduce you to the Incredible 5 Point Scale and provide examples of how it can be used with your students. 

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