Curriculum Issues Curriculum Issues with Students with with Students with

Emotional and Emotional and Behavioral DisordersBehavioral Disorders

E. Paula Crowley, Illinois State UniversityBeverley H. Johns, MacMurray CollegePresented to Ohio CCBDSaturday, June 27, 2009

Curriculum Issues with … Curriculum Issues with … Let’s take a few moments to

remember the children and adolescents we care about

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Teacher’s Thinking

Individualize

d Goals and Objectiv

es

Meaningful and Relevant Curric

ulum

Maximizing the Potential of Instruction

Parent and Professional Partnerships

Teacher’ Role

Hope

Engaged Time

Self-management

Students’ thinkingSocial skills

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In this session we will discuss five data based essential aspects of effective curriculum development for students with emotional and behavioral disorders.  We will address:

the role of the teacher as an essential change agent the importance of teachers’ thinking that focuses on

both long-term and short-term goals implementing meaningful and relevant curriculum considerations for maximizing the potential of

instruction as a unique component of the curriculum parent and professional partnerships as an

essential component for effective curriculum for students with EBD

Audience participation as well as references for future study will be provided.

The role of the teacher as an The role of the teacher as an essential change agentessential change agent

Bullock, Ellis and WilsonFink and JanssenMcIntyre and BattleAmong many others in our field

who have provided us with evidence about the role of teachers when teaching students with EBD

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Curriculum Development and Curriculum Development and Behavior ManagementBehavior Management

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Curriculum Development

BehaviorManagement

Curriculum for students Curriculum for students with behavioral with behavioral

disordersdisorders◦Relevant◦Engaging◦Vibrant◦Effective◦Authentic◦Learning◦Success

“Teachers of students with emotional and behavioral disorders have an opportunity to transform human lives” (p. 6).

Johns, Crowley, & Guetzloe (2002). Effective Curriculum for students with emotional and behavioral disorders, Denver, CO: Love. p. 6.

Long-term and short-term Long-term and short-term individualized goals and individualized goals and objectivesobjectives

The priority of an individualized

education - IDEA

Strength-basedInterest-basedFunction-based curriculumAge appropriate curriculum

Meaningful and Relevant Curriculum

The Central Role of Teaching The Central Role of Teaching Social SkillsSocial Skills

Based on assessment—skill deficit, performance deficit, fluency deficit

Why is it hard to teach social skillsThe Teachable Moment—Social autopsyRecognition of appropriate skillsTeacher as a Role ModelDirect instructionSpecial projectsConflict ResolutionSelf-Management

The Language of HopeModeling

Using positive materialsSpecial topics within the curriculum

Mentoring by positive and responsible individualsIntegrated and meaningful projects—service learning

A Curriculum of Hope

Engaged timeEngaged timeEngaged time—portion of

instructional time that students spend directly involved in learning activities.

Transition timeAccurate teacher

scheduleWatching for time wasters in the day

Self-Management Self-Management Organizational skills—

based on preferencesStudent monitoring of following rulesGoal settingProblem solving

techniquesTime estimation Graphing progressWATCHProofreadingReflection

More on self-More on self-managementmanagement

Self-talk—affirmation statements, attributionsSelf-advocacyConflict resolutionStress reductionJournaling

Activities that are higher levelProblem based learningLiterature groupsCompactingContractsMedia literacyHigher level questioning

Higher-level thinking

Working with Working with families … families …Crisis assistanceIdeas for getting

parents to schoolProviding information

and resources to parentsMaking families

welcome at schoolEffective parent

conferences— dos and don’ts

Endnote

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

Thomas A. Edison