High-Fives & Handshakes
High-Fives & Handshakes
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Using high fives & handshakes...
Promotes community
Creates immediate connection
Provides choice
Implementation
Implementation
Overview
Work with students to design a personalized symbol of connection.
The hug, high-five, and handshake. Fist-bump, and shoulder tap is unique to each student and the teacher.
The symbol is used whenever there is an appropriate time deemed by the teacher including the hallway, during transition, etc.
Core Components
System done consistently
Promoting with a sense of community in mind
Choice offered. Voluntary in nature
Proactive Implementation
Consistently and enthusiastically giving students high fives and handshakes is a great way to proactively build a trusting relationship.
Responsive Implementation
Responsively implementing high fives and handshakes may look like asking students what their preferred method would be and taking the time to craft individual gestures to foster stronger relationships.
Bucket fits
Bucket fits
Connection
If the need is connection then individualizing the gesture is key and can be combined with welcoming students at the door.
Skills Training
If the need is skill building then the student may receive a gesture when they demonstrate a specific skill.
Awareness
If the need is awareness then the students may complete a journal immediately following
Emotional Regulation
If the need is regulation...
Consider Factors Prior to Start
Student factors-
Gender, race, function, topography, family dynamics, interpersonal relationships
Contextual factors -
Resource availability, classroom instruction, physical space, time, technology
Intensifying or Fading During
Duration
Frequency
Feedback
Reinforcement
Goals
REMINDER
Make a note to document when you're starting this intervention.
After 10 consecutive school days of implementation, use collected data to determine the intervention's effectiveness.
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