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The Dance Project
 

Child Developmental Psychology (the basics)

Why do children behave in certain ways? This portion focuses on explaining how children change and grow over the course of childhood. A basic understanding of child development will give a better understanding of and help to predict behaviors that occur while in the classroom. We will explore theories from some of the pioneers of child development and how they apply in everyday classroom management. 

Faculty will Discover

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Freud

Piaget

Erikson

Behavior 101

An in-depth approach to the fundamentals of behavior but with a fun twist. Attendees will leave with a complete understanding and concrete examples of the who, what, and hows of behavior.  In addition, we will cover how to influence behavior using evidence based practices.

  • Target Behaviors & Operational Definitions

  •  How Behavior Works

  • Characteristics of Behavior

  • Behavioral Functions

  • Motivating Operations

  • Reinforcement v/s Punishment

The Dance Floor

This is where we tie it all together. Every interaction between faculty and student is a carefully choreographed dance. Here we discover how to identify which dance move the student presents and how to become the “principal dancer”.

  • Classroom Management Styles

  • Phases of Challenging Behaviors

  • Student Dance Moves

  • Teacher Dance Moves

  • Dance Choreography

  • Environmental Shaping

  • The Business of Behavior

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