Montpelier
VT
USA
How do you structure a learning environment and plan lessons that foster and facilitate student engagement, motivation, and emotional availability AND foster and facilitate student ability to be organized, planful, strategic, and expressive? This session will focus on the features of classroom climate and structure that are critical for ensuring access to learning for students experiencing emotional, behavioral, and engagement barriers. Strategies for self-regulation, recruiting and maintaining interest, and developing persistence for learning will be the first focus of this session. We will also will focus on the variability of how learners are able to effectively manage and execute classroom expectations through action and expression. Strategies for providing options for physical action, expressive communication, and executive functions will be the second focus of this session.