Practice Guide
Released: December 2024
Introduction document (160 KB)
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Full Guide (5.7 MB)
Introduction document (160 KB)
Summary document (479 KB)
Full Guide (5.7 MB)
Teacher-Delivered Behavioral Interventions in Grades K-5
This practice guide provides teachers with seven recommendations for implementing low-intensity behavioral interventions in grade K–5 classrooms to support students in demonstrating expected behaviors in the classroom so that students and their classmates can engage in learning.
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Co-establish, model, and teach clear expectations for student behavior consistent with schoolwide expectations.
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Acknowledge students for demonstrating expected behaviors through positive attention, praise, and rewards.
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Audience:
- Administrators
- Parent/Family
- Policymakers
- Researchers
- School Specialist
- Teacher
This practice guide was prepared for the WWC by Abt Associates under contract 91990021F0370 (PESTO Task Order 1).
The following research staff contributed to the guide: Allison Dymnicki, Brian Freeman, Laura Holian, Sebastian Lemire, Shawn Moulton, and Allan Porowski.
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Kathleen Lynne Lane
(Chair)
University of Kansas -
Tabathia Baldy
Georgia Department of Education -
Tammy Becker
University of Kansas, Lawrence Public Schools -
Catherine Bradshaw
University of Virginia -
Virginia Dolan
Anne Arundel County Public Schools (Retired)
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Kent McIntosh
University of Oregon -
Rhonda Nese
University of Oregon -
Ruthie Payno-Simmons
RPS Educational Impact -
Kevin Sutherland
Virginia Commonwealth University
This review protocol guided the review of research that informed the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Teacher-Delivered Behavioral Interventions in Grades K-5 practice guide and the intervention reports that will be developed based on studies that meet standards under this protocol.
This page provides links to all of the study reviews conducted for this practice guide.