1. ENCOURAGE YOUR STUDENT’S INTERESTS AND ABILITIES
Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Your students are no exception. Foster your students’ self-esteem by being observant. Watch to see how they work.
HELP EXPOSE THEM TO VARIOUS TYPES OF SKILLS AND ACTIVITIES IN WHICH THEY COULD SHOW THEIR STRENGTHS.
Don’t ever assume you know what they are good at. Allow your student to shine. If they show promise in one skill or another, make sure that you let them know. Or maybe you could use that skill in other areas of your students learning. Adapt your teaching to incorporate skills that your student is good at to reinforce …show more content…
As a special educator, it is your job to show and teach your students mechanisms for future success. It’s your job to teach them the skills so that they can ultimately become independent.
WHEN YOUR STUDENT SHOWS INDEPENDENCE, PRAISE, PRAISE PRAISE!
The best way to teach independence is to let the students explore, discover natural talents and foster these skills by adapting your teaching style to suit the needs of your students. This means if you have a student that learns better after motor breaks, give them a motor break before independent work. Show the students that they can be successful with being independent, and you will certainly see their self-esteem rise.
6. GIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
Students need to grow up believing that they can make an important and meaningful impact on the world around them. One way to do this and to teach vital life skills is to give your students responsibilities. Setting up a classroom job board would be a good idea. Depending on the age of your students, you can vary the jobs for appropriateness of skills. No matter the age, it is never too early to teach classroom jobs or responsibilities. Although at first it may seem that these classroom jobs are just that, JOBS. But after consistent and frequent praise, students will be more willing to complete their classroom jobs out of a sense of community. Classroom jobs such as cleaning the tables at the end of the day or taking out the trash teach important life