New WWC Practice Guide for Educators: Teacher-Delivered Behavioral Interventions in Grades K-5

The What Works Clearinghouse has released a new practice guide for educators, Teacher-Delivered Behavioral Interventions in Grades K-5. Developed in collaboration with an expert panel, the practice guide provides guidance on implementing teacher-delivered, low-intensity behavioral interventions with students in kindergarten through grade 5. The guide offers seven recommendations that teachers can apply in their classrooms with minimal resources: Co-establish, model, and teach clear expectations for student behavior consistent with schoolwide expectations. Remind students to engage in expected behaviors. Acknowledge students for demonstrating expected behaviors through positive attention, praise, and rewards. Offer instructional choices to students to increase engagement and agency. Provide students frequent and varying opportunities to respond to and engage in activities. Teach students to monitor and reflect on their own behavior. Use behavior ratings to provide feedback to students. The recommendations aim to help teachers support students in demonstrating appropriate behaviors in the classroom and are intended to complement existing schoolwide behavioral programs. Each recommendation includes a summary of supporting evidence, examples to support implementation, and suggestions for addressing potential challenges.