If you have a student who is having trouble paying attention in his regular education class. What are some strategies you can use to help the student attend?
I think if the student has trouble attending to the regular education class I think there needs to be some evaluation of the issue. I think you need to step back and see what it is that is causing them to struggle. If it is simply motivation I would suggest more visuals, connect more with the child's interest, start a behavior program, possibly a visual schedule also to help the student see what has to be done in order to get to a reward. If it is a matter of language or background noise or whatever else then more one on one time is going to be needed with the deaf educator.


Positive Behavior Supports or PBS is a program some districts or schools implement. Compete a mini-research regarding this program. Do you think this is a beneficial program? Why or Why not?
After researching PBS and finding out that it is a general behavior theory that can be implemented district or school wide and focuses on what the student is getting or avoiding with the behavior and how to control the environment in a way that will eliminate the behavior. It is data driven and seems to be a good way to focus on behavior. It seems pretty simple which makes me wary of it, but having no experience I can't really make that call. I think it is beneficial because it really focuses on what is causing the behavior and why the behavior is happening instead of blaming the child or chalking it up to bad behavior that can't be helped. I think the data driven aspect of it makes it very strong and beneficial to the teachers and students. It is also very important to me that it is a program built on promoting positive behavior. I think that is one of the most important things when dealing with behavior.