2.+September+18th+-+AM+Session

Group Discussion

__Part A. To start the meeting, we went over the our agenda which included the below__:

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 * Review of events from 9/4/2009 meeting
 * Review of Homework assignments
 * We discussed the article "Using What We Know about Relationship to Improve Education"
 * Much of the conversation was about how people have brain disfunctions that may cause them to act differently.
 * Students should be dealt with a case by case basis
 * You need to set out a plan when dealing with many different type of students and learns.
 * Discussion of information presented by team members.
 * Safety Crisis Management is a great tool to study and use to help manage a classroom environment.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The above mentioned tool is based around de-escalation of students behaviors
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">TACT II Training the the tool around the physical aspect of Safety Crisis Management
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">We received a worksheet about "Strategies for Classroom Management of ADHD" [[file:ADHD.pdf]]
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Wiki
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">We discussed how each member needed to get access
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">One question we had was can you add documents to a Wiki page (Ex. Strategies of Classroom Management of ADHD Worksheet)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Updates on topics/events for upcoming meetings
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">There is a Pattan Conference in October based around Classroom Management. <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[|www.pattan.net]
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Choose a student to mentor and making a difference in your classroom

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