Call in the Reinforcements!
October 2024 Lunch 'n Learn: Reinforcement
About LASARD Lunch + Learns
Welcome to LASARD’s free Lunch + Learn webinar series! Each month, our expert LASARD
facilitators or guests will discuss topics like social skills, visual supports, self-regulation
tips, communication strategies, and more! These webinars are for educators, families,
and anyone else interested.
Lunch + Learns happen on the second Friday of each month from 12:00-12:30pm.
Reinforcements
Reinforcements are fortifying. They strengthen a student's ability to be successful.
Resources
Preference Questionnaire
A Preference Questionnaire will give educators a bank of reinforcers that can be used to motivate their student during non-preferred activities. Everyone is willing to work for at least one thing….. it’s just finding that one thing! We know educators know a lot about their students, but family members may have some additional information that you can build on since they know their child best. Consider sending home this questionnaire, at the beginning of the school year, for all of your students with limited verbal skills as a good teaching practice! Once you have this info, then the team can discuss what the reinforcement plan will look like when implementing strategies..
Class Incentive Board
A Class Incentive Board is an effective classroom management strategy to reinforce positive classroom expectations. As the students follow rules in class, the teacher will reward them with a puzzle piece of a preferred activity. Once all of the puzzle pieces are earned, then the class gets to engage with that activity for a designated amount of time.
About LASARD
The LASARD team is made up of experienced educators that mentor and support hundreds of educators across Louisiana to meet the unique needs of their diverse learners by implementing specialized supports. LASARD’s trainings are paired with with in-person, job-embedded coaching to ensure the use of evidence-based practices.
LASARD is a project of the Human Development Center
LASARD is a project of the Human Development Center (HDC) at LSU Health New Orleans. HDC is Louisiana’s University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. HDC and its programs build the capacity of professionals, service providers, and families to ensure that people with disabilities are able to participate fully in all aspects of community life.