NW Student/Family Support Resources
March 2021 - Motivation
SUPPORTING FAMILIES WITH PBIS
WHAT IS PBIS?
PBIS can be effectively used at home too and is especially helpful when events disrupt normal routines (e.g., worldwide health pandemics, natural disasters, extended breaks).
PBIS TIP- Teach, Remind, and Reward Expected Behaviors with Positive Feedback
Practicing PBIS at home is much more powerful with a plan to teach, remind, and reward behaviors using positive feedback.
Emphasizing respect, responsibility, and a sense of community is important for maintaining a smooth home-school connection.
For example, consider having conversations with your child that match conversations they might have at school on respecting other individuals.
If your child’s comment reflects a lack of understanding or bias, calmly discuss factual information (e.g., “Anyone can get sick.” “We are a community that takes care of each other.”). T
The following table shows how families and caregivers might teach, remind, and reward respectful, responsible, and safe behaviors.
ENGAGING AND MOTIVATING STUDENTS
Most researchers have identified four key pieces essential to the development of student motivation:
1. Autonomy: having a degree of control over what needs to happen and how it can be done;
2. Competence: feeling that one has the ability to be successful in doing it;
3. Relatedness: doing the activity helps them feel more connected to others and feel cared about by people whom they respect; and
4. Relevance: the work must be seen by students as interesting and valuable to them and useful to their present lives and/or hopes and dreams for the future.
How parents can motivate students during distance learning.
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