Professional Development with LDA: Identifying and addressing the needs of students with ASD and ADHD.
see the link for the website
Thanks to the HR Educational team!
Thank you everyone who voted for us!
Finalists in our category!
intrinsic reinforcers
are reinforcing events gained from the pleasure of simply engaging in the behaviour. Studying may be intrinsically reinforcing if it gives a person the pleasure of increased understanding. A major goal of Heather Ronngard Educational Consultancy is to teach you how to involve your students in constructive behaviours, which will hopefully become intrinsically reinforcing.
positive reinforcers
are objects, events or experiences which when they are presented immediately following the performance of a behaviour, strengthen the chances that the behaviour will occur again. A positive reinforcer may be anything that your student values, a desired object, an enjoyable activity or a person whom he/she likes. There are several types of reinforcers.
token reinforcers
are reinforcers such as money, points, stars or tokens which have value in that they can be traded for a preferred object, activity or experience
tangible reinforcers
are tangible objects such as candy, nuts, storybooks, puzzles, pencils with names and other items which are valued in and of themselves.
activity reinforcers
are preferred activities valued because they are fun, exciting or because they generate a good feeling. Running errands, helping other children, free time in the library, working a puzzle and other classroom activities are just a few of the many available activity reinforcers.
social reinforcers
are positive consequences such as praise or non-verbal demonstrations of affection, which are valued because they are given by people important to the child. In praising the child it is important to praise the behaviour not the child. It is better and more powerful to say ‘I like the job you did cleaning up your desk’ than simply say ‘Good girl.’
Early Primary maths is important especially counting!
The developmental counting stages are:
- Perceptual / see amount one to one correspondance
- Figurative/ visualise items solve problem
- Initial Number sequence/ability to count on from no not go back
- Number sequence implicity/counting down re subtraction
- Number sequence explicity/ aware of inverse operations ie. number families add & subtract G2 multiply & divide G4
Engage and build relationships with children
1 Positive reinforcement encourages cooperation and builds positive self- esteem
2 Give good example teach how to express feelings
3 Explain consequences for positive & negative behaviour
4 Spend time with child help with open ended questions
5 Communicate expectations clearly check also
Join the Heather Ronngard school on Facebook
Client 1: “Dear Heather, thankyou for all that you have done this year. You are greatly appreciated and special to us!”
Client 2: “Dear Heather, thank you for your great support”
Client 3: “Dear Heather, thanks for being my teacher”
Client 4: “We can’t thank you enough for all of your work and guidance. We are so excited with the progress made this year. You are amazing! Thankyou”
Client 5: “Dear Miss Heather, it has been such a long trip to reach this point. This is so exciting. Thankyou so much. I enjoy every moment in here”
Client 6: “Thankyou for being an excellent tutor. I have learnt many things this year and I am looking forward to new discoveries next year”