Week of 7/13

This week we spent a lot of time focusing on discipline and positive behavior strategies (PBS). We also spent some time reviewing important things to help us with the final and help us in the future.
In class we spent some time talking about PBS's and how functional behavior assessments (FBAs) and behavior improvement plans (BIPs) can help to improve behavior. We also discussed the pattern to follow to make sure that things are done right for the student. We also talked about behaviorism and the role that behaviorism plays and how we can use it as teachers. Finally in my small group we also discussed how to implement peer tutoring and how that can help our students to be more successful.
Finally we reviewed some things that can be helpful to us as future teachers, such as the thirteen categories of disabilities and what disorders can be included under them. We also briefly covered the etiology to go along with the disabilities and how they can be diagnosed. I believe that the 13 categories  one of the very important things that we as future teachers know and understand. I also think that it is especially important for me to understand being a future special education teacher.
I believe that understanding PBSs and the basics of special education are things that will make us successful teachers and especially make us successful as we work with students with disabilites.