“Teaching behavior as relentlessly as we teach reading or other academic content is the ultimate act of prevention, promise and power underlying PBS and other preventive interventions in America’s schools.”
Algozzine, Wang & Violette, 2011
Why teach? We teach because it works. Teaching is an efficient process for clarifying what all members of a community should know and be able to do, as well as where, when and to what criteria to demonstrate the behavior. Leaving students to guess what they should do, and where they should do it is a sure-fire plan for student misbehavior.
This lesson focuses on developing a common understanding of why teaching social behavioral skills in schools is important and how to plan the process of engaging staff in writing lesson plans for all components of the social behavioral curriculum.
Outcomes
By the end of this lesson, participants will…
- understand why teaching social behavioral skills is important.
- plan a process for engaging all staff in writing lesson plans.