WHAT IS SOCIAL SHAPEUP?
Social ShapeUp is a universal, classroom-based behavior management program that combines evidence-based strategies to prevent disruptive behavior, shape socially appropriate behavior, and increase instructional time.
Social ShapeUp's innovative web app makes classroom management, data collection, and progress monitoring easy and efficient. Research shows Social ShapeUp works, and teachers and administrators approve.
GOAL
Social ShapeUp aims to increase the student's behavioral self-control through the use of preventative techniques, immediate and contingent consequences, and progress monitoring with feedback.
HISTORY
Social ShapeUp was initially developed as an intervention for students engaging in frequent aggressive and challenging behaviors. However, educators soon recognized the preventative benefits for all students.
With funding from the Small Business Innovation Research Program at the Institute of Education Sciences, the effectiveness of Social ShapeUp as a universal classroom management program was put to the test, and a web application was developed to facilitate data collection and reporting. Preliminary data demonstrated that when teachers used Social ShapeUp with moderate to high fidelity, off-task behavior decreased, and instructional time increased significantly.
HOW DOES IT WORK
Teachers use Social ShapeUp alongside their instructional curriculum. SSU consists of eight research-based strategies purposefully combined to increase positive behavior and instructional time.
