Whisper Wish

Using a whisper wish...

- Is discrete
- is asset and connection based
- Provides a quick check in with students

Implementation

Overview

- Start the day by beckoning a student, a group of students, or the entire class over to you and whispering, “Ooh, I have a wish for you today: I wish that you (or each of you) will __________.”
- The student confirms this goal and continues in class.
- At the end of the day, the student meets reflects individually or conferences with the teacher on their whisper goal.

Core Components

Proactive Implementation

- Selecting and providing a student with a whisper wish from the start of the school year or semester is a proactive approach. This is determined by knowing the history of the student and prior practices.

Responsive Implementation

- Responsively implementing the whisper wish may look like seeing the visual cues of a particular student and attempting to alter their emotional state.

Connection

If the need is connection then the whisper wish may come from a preferred adult or peer.

Skills Training

If the need is skill building then the wish specifics may involve practice a skill.

Awareness

If the need is awareness then the whisper wish may start with acknowledge what cues the student is currently giving off.

Emotional Regulation

If the need is regulation then the student may complete a regulation or coping strategy as the whisper wish.

Consider Factors Prior to Start

Gender, race, function, topography, family dynamics, interpersonal relationships

Resource availability, classroom instruction, physical space, time, technology

Intensifying or Fading During

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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