by Kristie Pretti-Frontczack | Jun 13, 2022 | Blog
Prefer to Watch? Click here. Print our top 10 tips for inclusive related service delivery If IDEA’s legal standards were applied with fidelity, no student would be excluded from general education on a long-term basis. Our current understanding of human...
by Kristie Pretti-Frontczack | Apr 28, 2022 | Blog
Prefer to Watch? Click here. Print our top 10 tips for inclusive related service delivery Here are three tips for inclusive related service providers who want to get out of the therapy room and into the general education setting! We don’t need to remove and...
by Kristie Pretti-Frontczack | Feb 3, 2022 | Blog
Prefer to Watch? Click here Print Examples of the Two Differentiation Strategies How many times have you heard statements like, “I love the idea of inclusion, but it’s too hard when the range of abilities is so big.” Or in the most challenging of scenarios, “The...
by Kristie Pretti-Frontczack | Jan 6, 2022 | paraprofessionals
Prefer to Watch? Click Here Print Examples of the Prompting Ladder Here Paraprofessionals provide critical support to students in inclusive classrooms. And one of the most important skills to learn is how to provide support that is “just right”. Meaning, support that...
by Kristie Pretti-Frontczack | Nov 17, 2021 | Behavior, Blog
Prefer to Watch? Click Here Print All the Steps Here Ever feel like it’s easier to have compassion and express empathy when a preschooler has a meltdown, but lose your ever-loving mind when a teenager does? Do you ever feel more understanding when your 6 year old...
by Kristie Pretti-Frontczack | Nov 10, 2021 | Blog
When a student is in a “reactive brain”, or the flight, flight, freeze, or faint brain, we want you to have clear steps to take. Having clarity helps you remain calm, be at your best, and allows you to support the student in need. The steps below are divided into...
by Kristie Pretti-Frontczack | Nov 4, 2021 | Behavior, Blog, Inclusion
You are a teacher because you are passionate about education and children. Sometimes, however, you will have students with behaviors that challenge you. Although it is seductive to look for quick fixes like behavior charts or using rewards and punishments. Such...
by Kristie Pretti-Frontczack | Sep 19, 2021 | Blog
Ever find yourself using the precious time you have…admiring the problem and never getting to a solution? Find yourself facing the same problems over and over? For example: We don’t have enough time to co-plan. Others don’t see the importance of inclusion. I spend all...
by Kristie Pretti-Frontczack | Nov 24, 2020 | Blog, Co-teaching
Oftentimes, to create an inclusive classroom we have to be thinking outside the box, or outside of a lot of boxes, so we are sure to include ALL learners. Now with a lot of teaching being done in virtual classrooms, it is even more important to be thinking about how...
by Kristie Pretti-Frontczack | Sep 20, 2020 | Blog
So, in March 2020, I was standing on a stage with a microphone in hand teaching a ballroom full of school administrators in New Hampshire about how to create more inclusive schools. When we took a break for lunch, several people came up and apologized for being...
