Alphabet Soup for Sixth through Twelfth Grade

Alphabet Soup

6-hour presentation

Audience: Sixth-Twelfth Grade Staff

Short Description:

             This presentation will focus on the variety of behaviors that show up in the classroom when teaching 12-18-year-old students. Secondary teachers frequently point to escaping work and gaining attention as the reasons behind behaviors. This presentation will show participants how to ameliorate the typical behaviors by instituting proactive solutions. Dr. Riffel will share examples from real students she has worked with over the years and the solutions that made the behaviors disappear. So often, participants in a seminar will say, “What do you do about a student who has (xyz) behavior?” The truth is there is no one answer for the “xyz” behavior question. The answer lies in understanding the function of the behavior and putting proactive strategies in place to restructure the environment, replace the behavior, and reframe our response.

Long Description:

             This presentation will take participants through a plethora of behaviors reported by sixth through 12th grade teachers as disruptive to the learning environment. Participants will learn the triggers for these behaviors and ways to proactively revise the environment to set the students up for success. Participants will learn replacement behavior strategies for the behaviors and simple ways to infuse those into the curriculum. Finally, participants will learn how to reframe their own response, so they are feeding the replacement behavior and extinguishing the targeted behavior.

             Dr. Riffel will share scenarios from real classrooms she has worked with in the past and the interventions that worked to dissipate the behaviors. Her strategies are proactive and easy to implement the next day. Participants will find solutions for the behaviors they find troublesome in the classroom.

             We will focus on the functions of behavior such as trying to gain attention, gain access to preferred activities or items, gain access to sensory input, escape work, escape attention, escape sensory overload, and behaviors occur due to emotional or physical pain. Using numerous examples, participants will learn a variety of strategies that worked with similar triggers, targets, and impacts. We will also focus on addressing the executive function lapse that occurs during the preteen to teenage years.

$3000

Alphabet Soup

6-hour presentation

Audience: Sixth-Twelfth Grade Staff

Short Description:

             This presentation will focus on the variety of behaviors that show up in the classroom when teaching 12-18-year-old students. Secondary teachers frequently point to escaping work and gaining attention as the reasons behind behaviors. This presentation will show participants how to ameliorate the typical behaviors by instituting proactive solutions. Dr. Riffel will share examples from real students she has worked with over the years and the solutions that made the behaviors disappear. So often, participants in a seminar will say, “What do you do about a student who has (xyz) behavior?” The truth is there is no one answer for the “xyz” behavior question. The answer lies in understanding the function of the behavior and putting proactive strategies in place to restructure the environment, replace the behavior, and reframe our response.

Long Description:

             This presentation will take participants through a plethora of behaviors reported by sixth through 12th grade teachers as disruptive to the learning environment. Participants will learn the triggers for these behaviors and ways to proactively revise the environment to set the students up for success. Participants will learn replacement behavior strategies for the behaviors and simple ways to infuse those into the curriculum. Finally, participants will learn how to reframe their own response, so they are feeding the replacement behavior and extinguishing the targeted behavior.

             Dr. Riffel will share scenarios from real classrooms she has worked with in the past and the interventions that worked to dissipate the behaviors. Her strategies are proactive and easy to implement the next day. Participants will find solutions for the behaviors they find troublesome in the classroom.

             We will focus on the functions of behavior such as trying to gain attention, gain access to preferred activities or items, gain access to sensory input, escape work, escape attention, escape sensory overload, and behaviors occur due to emotional or physical pain. Using numerous examples, participants will learn a variety of strategies that worked with similar triggers, targets, and impacts. We will also focus on addressing the executive function lapse that occurs during the preteen to teenage years.

$3000