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At my practicum site, the all the educators in the school give out eagle tickets to the students. Students receive these tickets by making good choices and meeting the teacher’s and school’s expectations. The educator may give students these tickets for succeeding in a goal they have been working on. These eagle tickets are placed into a raffle based on the students’ grade level. Every month raffle tickets are picked for each grade and the students, who the tickets belong to, earn a prize. Although, for some students with disabilities this reward system may not be as reinforcing and hard for them to visualize the possibility of receiving a prize. In addition to this program, my cooperating teacher has incorporated another step. The students must first get ten eagle tickets and then receive a piece of candy from her. To help them keep track the number of …show more content…

For instance, a student began to yell and cry because it was another student’s turn to participate in a literacy activity. We were all instructed to ignore her behavior, however, when other educators came into the classroom, they continued to reinforce her behavior by giving her positive attention. The student’s behaviors continued, even after literacy block was over. Although, when this happened the next time, her behaviors were ignored and soon after she stopped and was able to participate in the literacy block activities. Another tool that was used for this kind of behavior, was a timer on a tablet. This provided the student with a visual of the amount of time they had to calm down. If the behavior continued by the time the timer ended the teacher added another minute to the timer. Using the timer produces an alternative communication because when children are having meltdowns they aren’t focusing or hearing the teacher’s words. I believe visual pictures are an excellent tool to use when negative behaviors are

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