The right approach to seating works behind the scenes to keep students focused on learning while minimizing disruptions, ...

By seeking to first understand behaviors, teachers can better support their students receiving special education services.

Behavior charts are still widely used as discipline tools, and for teachers with at least 20 students to manage, they may be effective. But for students who have experienced trauma, it can be just ...

Clip Charts Don't Build Relationships, Teachers Do While there is a need for classroom routines and rules to maintain order, setting classroom expectations begins with strong relationships.

Star charts and color cards create a negative classroom environment. Teachers need to toss these systems and focus on building relationships.

Color, furniture, lighting and other elements of a classroom’s layout are the bedrock for classroom management and fostering a sense of security that promotes student achievement.

The number of times a teacher compliments or recognizes a student’s good behavior, compared to how often the teacher reprimands the student, the more likely that student is going to stay focused on ...

Student behavior is a popular conversation among teachers, leaders and consultants. It’s hard to teach students content when student behavior distracts us from doing our job. Some teachers will ...

As a classroom behavior therapist at the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Autism in Shaker Heights, Pauline Smith starts her day by greeting the buses as students arrive.