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Dr. Laura Riffel
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We promise to provide you with interventions that we know have worked for others in similar situations. Consultation is always available for free through email.

This site is not affiliated with the National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports- This is Dr. Laura Riffel's personal website dedicated to educators and parents.

There is no one magic wand for changing behavior. I'm writing a new book entitled "Crime and Punishment in America's Schools: If the threat of death penalty does not stop people from murdering; why do teachers think threatening to take away recess will stop target behaviors?" We need more tools for our toolbelt in working with children and challenging behaviors. Here is one more tool.

NEW- (this is still a work in progress) I promised to get it posted and build from there)

How to CARE for the students in your classroom.

Conduct- (What behavior can you expect?)

Aquire-(How do they learn?)

Regulate- (How should you discipline?)

Encouragement- (What excites them?)

Step One: Look at Payton's completed Student Survey Forms Below and follow along as we decipher Payton's learning and behavior styles:

Using a revised personality scale, you will determine the answers to the above questions. Practice below:

Student Style Survey Sample (Payton) Blank form to practice scoring Student Style Survey (Payton)
Book with Directions "All in One"

Credit needs to be given to the authors who contributed to this page:

Eysenck: Eysenck, H. J. (1990). Biological dimensions of personality. In L. A. Pervin (Ed.), Handbook of personality: Theory and research (pp. 244-276). New York: Guilford.

Corulla: " Adapted from: Corulla, W. (1990). A revised version of the P Scale for children, Personality and Individual Differences. 11(1), 65-76.

Wakefield: Wakefield, J. (1979). Using Personality to Individualize Instruction. San Diego: EDITS Publisbers (Box 7234; San Diego, CA 92107).

Center: Center, D. B. (1999). Strategies for social and emotional behavior. Norcross, GA: XanEdu.

 

Next, have your students fill out the Student Style Survey. Younger students may have to use a buddy or adult to help them fill out the answers.

Blank Student Style Survey (This is a new version. If you need the old version please email Dr. Riffel)

Scoring guide is included with each survey above, so you understand how this is scored.

(note differences for males and females)

Use the easy scoring guide to calculate each students' scores on the Student Style Survey.

Determine where your students rank in the Porpoise, Eagle, and Rabbit and then determine their color reference. This will help you CARE for them as you learn their behavioral styles, arousal levels, learning styles, and how best to discipline them.

Overview of Student Style Survey with descriptions of Porpoise, Eagle, and Rabbit tendencies.

Student Style Survey Overview at a glance

Student Style Survey Descriptions of Porpoise, Eagle, and Rabbit

Once you determine what color your students' learning styles are you can click on the links below to see teaching techniques with research base behind each characteristic. (This is a work in progress- as stated earlier I promised to get this up and running. I am in the process of researching empirical interventions to share, based on how they would work with each learning style.)

Interventions Based on Student Style Survey Outcomes. These are PowerPoints and they are very large. It would be best if you clicked "save as" and saved them to your desktop before you open them. Otherwise, be prepared to wait as much as 10 minutes for the download.

UPDATED March 23, 2010

 

All Colors Together in One Presentation

 

Auditory Learner Interventions Coming Soon

 

Visual Learner Interventions Coming Soon

 

 

Alternative Assessments

 

Make these lanyard cards as a quick overview of teaching styles to use with each color characteristic. These print up approximately the same size as most school badges. They can be worn around the neck on your lanyard. (I will take a picture of mine and post in the next few weeks.)

Educator Lanyard Cards (Print these off and laminate the two sides together, creating twelve cards for easy reference)

Use this sheet as a quick reference. When little Payton starts bubbling up with some behaviors you would like to target for change, you can quickly reference the sheet and determine the best approach.

Teacher Planning Sheet for easy viewing of student style survey results (Can be shared with substitutes, specials, and student teachers.)

Name tags (one note of caution: If you are worried that others will determine what the colors stand for then it would not be wise to put colors on name tags.)

If you are looking for the behavior examples that were previously on this page: Click Here.

 

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