Incredible Years

Incredible Years

Terms 1 and 2 

Programme Overview:

1. Building Relationships with Students and Proactive Teaching

• Goal: develop non verbal cues
• Result: use of door bell, clapping pattern where children are 1 beat behind, music played for different reasons as cues.
• Next Step: I haven't been as consistent I have I would have liked with this so definitely need to revisit.

2. Teacher Attention, Coaching, Encouragement and Praise

• Goal: introduce and use compliment circles
• Result: this worked very well and it was great to hear all the genuine compliments
• Next Step: time table this in more regualry. Introduce 'I am proud...' wall.

3. Motivating Students through Incentives

• Goal: giving quality focused praise
• Result: this goal was harder to remember but definetly was recieved positively when I did remember and I can see the benefits of being more specific
• Next step: be consistent in using this method even if I just focus on one subject area at a time

4. Decreasing Inappropriate Behaviour - Ignoring and Redirecting 

• Goal: increase the use of compliment circles (include I am proud...)
• Result: introduced the 'I am proud...' wall. The children were really keen to share things that htye had done that they were proud of
• Next step: Make sure both compliement circles and time to add to the 'I am proud...' display are timetabled inso not forgotten

5. Decreasing Inappropriate Behaviour - Follow though with consequences

•  Goal:

6. Emotional regulation, social skills and problem solving

• Goal: 

Video Review with Jayne

1 May - Session 1 Highlights: genuine, use of coaching, proactive, reminders/redirect, children enthusiastic and engaged, children taking ownership

10 June - Session 2 Highlights: Calm and children very attentive, clarifying, proactive, encouraging children to take pride in all things no matter how big or small they seem, coaching

Mindfulness Display:

Keep calm box:
This idea came around from both the life education sessions and sessions with Adrienne. The children asked if we could have a box in class and they were really good at thinking of what to add to it. They including breathing techniques from Adrienne as well as positive quotes.