Academic and Behavior Support

ZONES OF REGULATION

THINGS YOU CAN SAY...

“What do you need right now to help support you?”

“Your brain may not make this easy for you.”

“Who can you call on right now?”

“Can you guess how we feel right now?”

“Your behavior makes me/us feel _______. And we are probably going to ________. And then you are going to probably feel ______."

"Do you need a break?"

"What's a better way to ask for _______?"

STRATEGIES

SET UP CHECK IN/CHECK OUT SYSTEM AND SEND HOME REPORTS DAILY/WEEKLY

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR MAPS

GIVE CHILD SOMETHING TO CHEW ON

UNTHINKABLES

"Who is invading your brain right now?"

"Who is in your brain?"

"Who can you call on?"

"What Thinkable could you call on?"

THINKABLES

BOOKS TO HELP GUIDE INSTRUCTION

Helpful Hints:

1. Use the same book over and over

2. Bring it into your Readers and Writers Workshop to talk about strong verbs or figurative language

3. Students can make connections to other characters and their reactions, as well as to the behaviors and feelings in themselves

TEETH ARE NOT FOR BITING

WE DON'T EAT OUR CLASSMATES

THE WAY I ACT

Questions To Ask While Reading:

1. Who has invaded ________'s brain?

2. Who can they call on?

3. What Zone are they in?

4. What strategy can they use to support them?

5. How do you think the other characters feel when _______ is behaving that way? What do you think they are going to do? And then how will ________ feel afterward?

6. What could _______ do next time so that it doesn't happen again?

SECONDARY

SAFE & HEALTHY SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Teach techniques and skill strategies to counteract the disrespect, apathy, and aggression too many student display in school today. True-to-life stories explain how to create collaborative and cooperative learning communities. Learn how to forge relationships with disconnected students, lessen risks by eliminating "unowned" areas, and teach students to handle problems logically rather than emotionally.

EVERYONE'S TALKING

How do you get young adolescents to open up about their relationships, their struggles, and their hopes? How do you create an environment where they feel included and engaged?

Use Everyone's Talking at the next class meeting to get your middle school students talking, sharing, and connecting. Encourage much-needed conversations about peer pressure, bullying, respecting authority, and other social topics. Includes a CD with reproducible handouts, worksheets, and skill posters!

TEACING SOCIAL SKILLS TO YOUTH WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS

This guide helps therapists, counselors, psychologists, educators, and other practitioners incorporate social skill instruction into treatment planning for a child diagnosed with a mental health disorder.

It includes a discussion of how to individualize treatment plans and charts that list the social skills that caregivers might target for each of more than a hundred DSM-IV-TR diagnoses. Examples of treatment plans show you how social skills can be integrated into plans across different settings and levels of care.

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