The Class on Task Podcast is back and ready to support you through a new school year! This is an exciting time for all of us, but especially new teachers! We hope you have a wonderful first week back to school whether that is this week or in a few weeks. Whenever it is, this episode should be on your listen list! Dr. Lori Friesen is our guest today…

Adding movement breaks in your classroom routine can help reduce disruptive behavior and motivate students to learn! Jay is not only a teacher who uses movement breaks, he CREATES movement breaks tied to all subject areas grades K-3! In this episode, you will hear about Jay's experience with movement breaks, recommendations on how often to use move…

There are over 10 million students in schools who can not read! Are you ready to make a bigger impact on your students' literacy skills? Michael Maloney has 50+ years in education successfully teaching people ages 4 to 54 to read! Press play and hear the answers to the following questions and MORE! What order should you teach letter sounds? (Spoile…

If you are a teacher that taught during this crazy time, we want to give YOU a huge shout-out because COVID brought some unique challenges to your already challenging job! THANK YOU! If you work with kids, you most likely will know where we are going in this episode. Across the country, educators are seeing an increase in problem behavior and a dec…

What is a school counselor and how can they help your students? Press play and find out from school counselor John Burnett. John started his career as a Spanish middle school teacher. He worked as a family and mental health service specialist and is now a middle school counselor! He shares great tips for building relationships with students and pro…

Let’s face it, we all have moments where we don’t feel like doing what we need to do. Our students feel the same way. We may not break things, curse, or push someone when we are upset about doing work, but our students might. If a student engages in disruptive behaviors that disrupt their learning or other students’ learning it presents a problem! …

This interview with Dr. David Lee, Department Head and Professor of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education at Penn State University is packed full of insightful information for special education teachers, general education teachers, behavior analysts (BCBAs), and school psychologists. Dr. Lee contributed to over 20 research stude…

Do you have a student who struggles learning new skills? Do you have students that learn a skill but later forget it? Do you have parents asking you for tutor recommendations or resources to help their children become better readers? In this interview, Chris Topham shares how to teach new skills and measure student progress by using applied behavio…

Hey middle school and high school administrators and staff... this episode is for you! TikTok school challenges have added an extra challenging layer to classroom and student behavior management. As if you don't have enough problem behavior to try to reduce in schools, now there are monthly inappropriate challenges. In this episode, we discuss the …

What is burnout? How do you prevent burnout? What can you do if you’re feeling burnout? Dr. Becca Tagg answers these questions and more! You’re going to want to save this episode and re-listen each year around this time! To get in touch with Dr. Tagg, visit her company’s website: https://delmarbehavioralhealth.comFor more teacher positivity and res…

Wouldn't it be nice if you could prevent problem behavior from happening instead of spending all the time to "fix" it or redirect a student after it disrupts a lesson? In applied behavior analysis (ABA) we call proactive or prevention strategies Antecedent Manipulations. Listen in to hear 5 simple strategies you can implement in any grade level to …

Whether you are starting a new job as a school administrator or switching to a new school, this interview is packed with valuable recommendations to help you be successful. Our guest today is Dr. Chris Tienken who is an associate professor of Education Administration at Seton Hall University in the College of Education and Human Services, Departmen…

What are some issues with the education system? This is a loaded question for sure! Everyone seems to have their own opinions on education and what is wrong with the education system, but how often do we hear solutions? In this episode, we interview Adam Ventura, M.S., BCBA about his take on education from a behavior science perspective. He not onl…

Join us as we interview TWO special guests, a mother and daughter teaching duo! Pam Patton is a retired teacher and her daughter, Elizabeth Patton just completed her first year of teaching. If you're wondering what you should focus on during the first week back to school or general classroom tips for going back to school, this is a great episode fo…

Hey Pre-K, Kindergarten, and SPED teachers, this episode is for you! Do you ever have parents ask you questions about toilet training, but you're really unsure of what to suggest? Does assisting with toileting or accidents take time away from teaching? Have you been avoiding this topic and encouraging the pull-ups? Maybe after hearing tips from exp…

Join us on this episode to hear teacher and podcaster, Jon Hinthorne share tips on how to be unconventional. It's easy to stick to the norm and do what has worked well in your past years of teaching. However, when you change your own behavior as a teacher and try new unconventional things in your classroom, it can have an amazing affect on your stu…

Meera Deters MA, CCC-SLP, BCTS, ACAS is a speech and language pathologist and the owner of Super Speech Solutions. Meera has worked in a variety of settings including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, reha-bilitation clinics, charter schools, and private practices over the past fourteen years. In this episode, she talks about what speech and l…

There are 4 main reasons why we as humans behave the way we do. If I could go back and teach my first year teacher self about anything related to behavior...this would be it! We hope you enjoy it! In this episode, we talk about 4 reasons or functions why behavior occurs and a few starter suggestions for how to address behaviors by function. If this…

In this episode, we discuss technology with Dr. Joseph Martinelli from Seton Hall University. He serves as the Program Director in the Instructional Design and Technology graduate program and he is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. He shares his area of expertise on how to integrate technology into classroom as well as resources for educator…

Dr. Paul Gavoni, Ed.D, BCBA has more than 20 years in human services and public education. Recognized by many as an authentic leader, Dr. Gavoni has provided organizations and athletes with Deliberate Coaching focused on analyzing and developing behavior and performance management systems to positively impact targeted goals. In this episode, Dr. Ga…

We all talk about self-care, mental health, and making time for ourself. However, are you doing it? We are all busy school professionals and probably find it difficult to eat healthy and remain active when we are teaching. We may not be able to eat lunch because our students need us. We may be writing lesson plans, grading papers, or writing IEP go…

Do you wish you had a magic wand you can use to decrease problem behavior in the classroom? This behavior strategy is the next best thing! Once you learn how to implement true positive reinforcement, you will see a positive difference in your classroom AND less problem behavior! In this episode we interview, Yendri Diaz to learn how teachers can us…

Welcome to the Class on Task Podcast! You will learn how the science of applied behavior analysis (ABA) can be used in schools to improve education. We will cover a variety of topics on this podcast and thought collaboration was a perfect way to start. We want to share about ABA, but we also want to learn from other professionals (e.g., speech and …