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How to Implement a Check-In, Check-Out (CICO) Behavior System
By: Jon Konen | Sep 26, 2022
Check-in, check-out (CICO) is an evidence-based Tier 2 behavior intervention that pairs a student with a trusted adult for a quick meeting at the start and end of each day. It can improve behavior for many students when it's appropriately matched to their needs and implemented with fidelity.
If you had only one behavior strategy to use in your classroom, what would it be?
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Can a Kindness Campaign Truly Change Your School?
By: Jon Konen | May 30, 2016
Yes, a school kindness campaign can measurably change culture: office referrals fell from 418 to 192 in one year after we shifted our daily focus from discipline referrals to public recognition of kindness, a drop of roughly 54%, without making new rules or consequences the focus of the campaign. After years ...