The Iris Center: Classroom Management (Part 1&2)

Classroom Management (Part 1): Learning the Components of a Comprehensive Behavior Management Plan
(https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/beh1/)

This Module—a revision of Who's In Charge? Developing a Comprehensive Behavior Management System—highlights the importance of establishing a comprehensive classroom behavior management system composed of a statement of purpose, rules, procedures, consequences, and an action plan. It also provides information about how culture, classroom factors, and teacher actions can influence student behavior (est. completion time: 1 hour).


Classroom Management (Part 2): Developing Your Own Comprehensive Behavior Management Plan
(https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/beh2/)

This Module—a revision of You're in Charge! Developing Your Own Comprehensive Behavior Management Plan—reviews the major components of classroom management (including rules, procedures, and consequences) and guides users through the steps of creating their own comprehensive behavior plan. The module is a companion to Classroom Management (Part 1): Learning the Components of a Comprehensive Behavior Management Plan (est. completion time: 2 hours).

The Iris Center: Secondary Transition

Secondary Transition: Student-Centered Transition Planning
(https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/tran-scp/)

This Module will help users to better understand the benefits of student-centered transition planning, identify ways to involve students in collecting assessment information and developing goals, and be able to prepare students to actively participate in their own IEP meetings (est. completion time: 2 hours).


Secondary Transition: Helping Students with Disabilities Plan for Post-High School Settings
(https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/tran/)

This Module focuses on the transition process from high school to post-secondary settings. Among other topics, it discusses IEP planning, engaging students in the process so as to become better advocates for their own needs, and the importance of outside agencies such as vocational rehabilitation (est. completion time: 1 hour).

The Iris Center: Accommodations

Accommodations: Instructional and Testing Supports for Students with Disabilities
(https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/acc/)

This Module provides an overview of accommodations for students with disabilities (est. completion time: 1 hour).

The Iris Center: MTSS/RTI

MTSS/RTI: Mathematics
(https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/rti-math/#content)

This Module describes the MTSS, or RTI, framework as applied to mathematics. It includes discussions of how MTSS and RTI are related, as well as a description of instruction, assessment, and data-based decision making at each level of intensity: Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 (est. completion time: 2.5 hours).

The Iris Center: RTI (Parts 1-5)

RTI (Part 1): An Overview
(https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/rti01/)

This Module outlines the differences between the IQ-achievement discrepancy model and the Response-to-Intervention (RTI) approach. It also offers a brief overview of each tier in the RTI model and explains its benefits (est. completion time: 1 hour).

If you would like more information about RTI, please view Part 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the RTI series from The Iris Center.  Additional information can be found at the links listed below.

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RTI (Part 2): Assessment
(https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/rti02/#content)
(est. completion time: 2 hours).

RTI (Part 3): Reading Instruction
(https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/rti03/#content)
(est. completion time: 1.5 hours).

RTI (Part 4): Putting It All Together
(https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/rti04/#content)
(est. completion time: 3 hours).

RTI (Part 5): A Closer Look at Tier 3
(https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/rti05/#content)
(est. completion time: 2 hours).

The Iris Center: Functional Behavioral Assessment

Functional Behavioral Assessment: Identifying the Reasons for Problem Behavior and Developing a Behavior Plan
(https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/fba/)

This Module explores the basic principles of behavior and the importance of discovering the reasons that students engage in problem behavior. The steps to conducting a functional behavioral assessment and developing a behavior plan are described (est. completion time: 2 hours).

The Iris Center: Addressing Disruptive and Noncompliant Behaviors (Part 1&2)

Addressing Disruptive and Noncompliant Behaviors (Part 1): Understanding the Acting-Out Cycle
(https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/bi1/)

The first in a two-part series, this Module discusses problem behavior in terms of the stages of the acting-out cycle and suggests ways to respond to students in the cycle's different phases (est. completion time: 1 hour).


Addressing Disruptive and Noncompliant Behaviors (Part 2): Behavioral Interventions
(https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/bi2/)

The second in a two-part series, this Module describes interventions that can increase initial compliance to teacher requests as well as interventions that can be implemented to decrease disruptive and noncompliant behaviors(est. completion time: 1 hour).