ED Support Toolkit: Calm Classroom & SEL Strategies
A student with Emotional Disturbance is not choosing to disrupt class; their behavior is communicating something underneath. This 49-page guide helps teachers build calmer classrooms and stronger relationships instead of relying on punishment that rarely changes behavior.
What's Inside
- Foundations: plain-language explanation of ED, myths vs. facts, and a strengths spotlight
- Creating a calm classroom: environment setup, predictable routines, positive reinforcement, sensory tools, emotion regulation, de-escalation strategies, and understanding behavior as function
- Social-emotional learning: self-awareness, self-regulation, social awareness, relationship skills, and decision-making
- Teamwork with families: parent communication logs, collaborative behavior planning, and behavior contracts
- Toolkit: printables and data trackers
- Real classroom scenarios: managing outbursts, building trust, and handling defiance
How It Helps You
- Gives you de-escalation strategies and routines that prevent escalation
- Provides communication logs and behavior contracts for working with families
- Helps you read behavior by its function instead of reacting to it
Ways to Use It
Use it to set up classroom routines, plan SEL lessons, track behavior data, and prepare for behavior planning meetings with families.
Who It's For
General education teachers, special education teachers, and behavior support staff.
Format
Digital download, 49 pages. Instant download.
Need more than one?
If you support students across several disability areas, the other magazine-style guides cover each one in the same practical format. The Special Education Magazines Bundle includes this resource and more in one download, and you save 54% compared to buying each item separately.
