PEGS: Practice Effective Guidance Strategies
Professional Development Courses

PEGS is a scientifically-based professional development program. Interactive simulations help teachers across all subject areas gain the skills needed to help ALL students actively participate in classroom activities, especially those students that have social, emotional or behavioural problems.

PEGS:

• Improves student participation
• Reduces disruptive behavior
• Promotes achievement of students who often struggle

Teachers, schools, and districts can access this comprehensive and highly practical professional development resource at any three levels:

• Early Childhood (PreK-2)
• Elementary (Grades 3-7)
• Secondary (Grades 8-12)

Teachers learn through interacting with sophisticated models of students with authentic behavior profiles in simulations of classroom activities. They learn which positive behavior strategies work for different types of student profiles e.g. defiant, gifted, withdrawn, aggressive, ESL, and hyperactive

These interactive programs are designed to help teachers to effectively respond to many kinds of classroom behaviors.

• Talking or behaving like a much younger child
• Frequently unhappy, overly sensitive, sad irritable
• Complaining of physical ailments, tired
• Very short attention span, restless, hyperactive
• Listening difficulties, day dreaming
• Impertinent, defiant, resentful, negative
• Withdrawing from activity
• Hurtful or destructive to self or others
• Uncontrollable anger

Each PEGS program includes:

• Quick Start Guide to familarize teachers with the program
• Teacher Implementation Guide with multiple activities to help teachers learn which positive behavior strategies work best for different students
• User Guide to show how to use the interactive tutorial
• Windows™ / Macintosh™ CD-ROM that includes classroom simulations with individualized feedback and printable reports
• Administrators Guide with certification program to help track and report teachers progress in improving participation (Site License only)

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