Section: Module 2: Understanding Factors that Impact Student Behavior & Our Responses | SPED6230: Emotional & Behavioral Supports (2025)

Section: Module 2: Understanding Factors that Impact Student Behavior & Our Responses | SPED6230: Emotional & Behavioral Supports (2025) | NJCTL

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SPED6230: Emotional & Behavioral Supports
Teachers will learn about addressing student behaviors that interfere with learning and evidence based strategies to support students in school. Key topics include challenging behaviors in children and adolescents, classroom supports and interventions, behavior interventions within Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), behavioral analysis and data collection methods, and the impact of adverse childhood experiences.

Prerequisite: SPED6220

In order to receive a passing grade, the participant must complete all course assignments
Grade Distribution:
Critical Thinking Assignments: 60%
Short Answer Discussion Assignments: 30%
Final Assignment: 10%

PTI (Progressive Teaching Initiative) course pedagogy combines brief bits of direct instruction on a topic with formative assessments questions designed to help students construct deeper knowledge as they solve increasingly complicated problems together in groups. There are three major sets of problems to solve:

formative assessment problems built into a SMART notebook presentation and linked to student polling devices

accompanying classwork and homework problems

labs and virtual activities

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Module 2: Understanding Factors that Impact Student Behavior & Our Responses

Module 2: Understanding Factors that Impact Student Behavior & Our Responses
In this module, we will explore factors that impact student behavior. We'll also look at the factors that impact our responses to these behaviors and will reflect on what we can do to ensure that we maintain regulated emotions when responding to difficult student behaviors.

Review the lesson (either in PPT or PDF, both file formats are posted but the presentations are the same) before completing the module assignments.

Students will understand the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and behavioral dysregulation, and how those experiences can influence student learning and interaction.
Students will understand the core principles of trauma-informed care (safety, trustworthiness, peer support, empowerment, and cultural humility) and how these principles can be integrated into classroom practices.
Students will define secondary trauma and understand how working with students who have experienced trauma can affect educators emotionally and physically and requires self-care.

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SPED6230 (2025)

Section: Module 2: Understanding Factors that Impact Student Behavior & Our Responses | SPED6230: Emotional & Behavioral Supports (2025) | NJCTL

SPED6230: Emotional & Behavioral Supports

In order to receive a passing grade, the participant must complete all course assignments
Grade Distribution:
Critical Thinking Assignments: 60%
Short Answer Discussion Assignments: 30%
Final Assignment: 10%

See the required readings listed in each module.

Module 2: Understanding Factors that Impact Student Behavior & Our Responses

Module 2: Understanding Factors that Impact Student Behavior & Our Responses

In this module, we will explore factors that impact student behavior. We'll also look at the factors that impact our responses to these behaviors and will reflect on what we can do to ensure that we maintain regulated emotions when responding to difficult student behaviors.

Review the lesson (either in PPT or PDF, both file formats are posted but the presentations are the same) before completing the module assignments.

Readings are embedded in the presentation.

Section: Module 2: Understanding Factors that Impact Student Behavior & Our Responses | SPED6230: Emotional & Behavioral Supports (2025) | NJCTL

SPED6230: Emotional & Behavioral Supports

In order to receive a passing grade, the participant must complete all course assignmentsGrade Distribution:Critical Thinking Assignments: 60%Short Answer Discussion Assignments: 30%Final Assignment: 10%

See the required readings listed in each module.

Module 2: Understanding Factors that Impact Student Behavior & Our Responses

Module 2: Understanding Factors that Impact Student Behavior & Our Responses

In this module, we will explore factors that impact student behavior. We'll also look at the factors that impact our responses to these behaviors and will reflect on what we can do to ensure that we maintain regulated emotions when responding to difficult student behaviors.

Review the lesson (either in PPT or PDF, both file formats are posted but the presentations are the same) before completing the module assignments.

Readings are embedded in the presentation.

In order to receive a passing grade, the participant must complete all course assignments
Grade Distribution:
Critical Thinking Assignments: 60%
Short Answer Discussion Assignments: 30%
Final Assignment: 10%