Today marks beginning of “No Name-Calling Week,” an effort to promote civility and decrease bullying in schools and communities. A few days ago I posted a noted about this topic over on Behavior Mod Info, including a suggestion about a series of lessons aimed at increasing the frequency of polite interactions between students. Here’s a link to it.
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In case you missed it in the news, the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) released a report 13 January documenting the use of seclusion and restraint procedures in US schools. In “School is Not Supposed to Hurt: Investigative Report on Abusive Restraint and Seclusion in Schools,” NDRN tells terrible stories about things that happen to children at schools. Here’s is an excerpt from the press release by NDRN:
Sphere: Related ContentWASHINGTON (January 13, 2009) – The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) today unveiled a disturbing national report on seclusion and restraint in U.S. schools. The report shows an unsettling use of seclusion and restraint tactics, which resulted in physical and emotional injuries as well as deaths, in schools affecting students from grades K-12.The report documents cases that range from students being locked in rooms or even boxes for hours to students who were encouraged to release their aggression by wrestling in “WWF Rooms.”
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Jim Wright, who is a school psychologist in New York and an author of multiple sources about current topics in education, has a Web site that some folks will likely find valuable. He calls it “Intervention Central,” and he’s populated it with guidance about teaching techniques. There are many specific recommendations, organized according to academic area (e.g., arithmetic, reading fluency) as well as by topic (e.g., RTI, classroom behavior). Mr. Wright has based many of his recommendations on published studies. Link to Intervention Central.
Sphere: Related ContentThe Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA) education conference is to be held in Reston (VA, US) in just a few weeks. Although the presence of the word “behavior” in the organization’s name may lead one to expect the conference to focus on social behavior, that is not the case. There are many members who focus their work on academic outcomes. This is not just a meeting for people interested in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Autism, or discrete trial training.
After today, registration will only be possible at the site.
Sphere: Related ContentThe last day to pre-register for ABA International’s 2008 Education Conference titled, “Evidence-Based Practice, Scientifically Based Instruction, and Educational Effectiveness” is this tomorrow, Wednesday, August 13th. The conference will be held on the second floor of the Hyatt Regency Reston, in Reston, Virginia near Washington D.C., during the weekend of September 5-7, 2008. After August 13th, registration will only be available on-site and will increase by $25. To pre-register for this conference, please visit http://www.abainternational.org/educonf/convreg/ .
The Association for Behavior Analysis International opened on-line registration for the 2008 Education Conference “Evidence-Based Practice, Scientifically Based Instruction, and Educational Effectiveness.” The conference, which will be held 5-7 September 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston (VA, US) near Washington D.C., features lots of potentially valuable presentations.
* Anthony Biglan: Teacher Stress and Collegiality: Overlooked Factors in the Effort to Promote Evidence-Based Practices
* Ronnie Detrich: Evidence-Based Education: Can We Get There from Here?
* Robert H. Horner: Implementing Evidence-Based Practices at Socially Important Scales
* Lynn Okagaki: Solution Driven Research
* Timothy Slocum: Sources of Evidence-Based Education Recommendations
* W. David Tilly III: Nailing the Educational Pendulum to the Wall
* Hill M. Walker: Critical Issues in the Use of Randomized Clinical Trials and Control Groups Within Applied Settings: Rationale, Challenges and Benefits
* Susan M. Wilczynski: The Role of Single Subject Research Design in Establishing Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines
* Amanda VanDerHeyden: Using RTI to Accomplish System Change
Here are relevant links to the program, registration, and hotel reservations.
Sphere: Related ContentOver on Cal Teacher Blog Kevin Bibo had a nice post 4 February 2008 identifying and explaining important foci for teaching. It’s worth a read:
I don’t write much about the nuts and bolts of teaching. Mostly thats because I feel like its already been covered… extensively. But I do think that there are four major areas that ALL teachers should focus on if they desire to be effective in the classroom. Those four areas include: relationship, management, instruction, and assessment.
Link to the entry. Mr. Bibo, who I think was once an English teacher and now teaches technology applications for high school, has many clearly written and often sensible posts. While you’re there, check one that I sometimes refer to in my classes, “Spoon-Feeding Students.”
Sphere: Related ContentElona Hartjes had a delightful and insightful post, one of many, on her blog some time ago. In the post she explains how she took an important lesson from a book she happened to read in a bookstore. She applies the lesson to her teaching.
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The Consortium to Prevent School Violence has launched its Web site. There’s a note on EBD Blog giving more information.
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