Overview

• Food can act as a motivator or as a way of meeting basic needs. 

• The teacher will create and establish protocols for students consuming food within their class period. 

• Conversation points should include...

  • When a student may eat

  • What is permissible within the room

  • Allergy information

• A teacher may provide a snack time or respond to a student complaining of hunger by providing not only that student but the entire class with a snack.

• If only a particular student needs food they may be offered a snack break outside of the room to maintain privacy. 

• Introducing food as a motivator can be tricky.

• Food as a reinforcement can be powerful but move a student toward extrinsic motivation. 

• Food as a motivator should have preestablished rules and requirements. 

Core Components

• • Guidelines for use of food are clearly established and enforced

  • Reasoning explained

  • Not oversaturated as a motivator

  • Not crossed between incentive vs. intervention

You're Not You When You're Hungry