This workshop equips educators with strategies to foster positive classroom management and promote inclusivity. It emphasizes shifting away from punitive discipline toward proactive, research-based interventions that prevent and address challenging behaviors. Through case scenarios, behavior management tools, and reflection activities, participants learn practical ways to respond to student needs with empathy and structure. The session highlights how to build a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment where all students can thrive.

• Over-reliance on punitive discipline, which can increase problem behaviors and social exclusion
  
  
• Difficulty in preventing and addressing disruptive student behaviors in positive, proactive ways
  
  
• Challenges in creating safe and inclusive classroom environments for diverse learners

1. Positive Classroom Management Practices
   Participants will learn why research supports positive over punitive approaches and gain tools to use reinforcement, positive phrasing, and proactive expectations to reduce disruptive behaviors
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2. Alternative Behavior Interventions
   Educators will practice strategies such as previewing behavioral expectations, incorporating mindfulness, using quiet corrections, behavioral contracts, and check-in/check-out systems to support students respectfully and effectively
   
   
3. Creating Inclusive Environments
   Teachers will develop skills in conflict resolution, de-escalation techniques, and the CALM approach to teachable moments, ensuring they can build classrooms that are safe, inclusive, and supportive of all students.