The document discusses Tom Cappelen's top strategies for connecting with students. It is divided into three sections: personal connection, academic connection, and social connection. Each section lists Tom's top five tips, such as smiling and greeting students at the door to build personal connections, asking open-ended questions and allowing wait time to build academic connections, and sponsoring charity events and surveying students to build social connections. The overall goal is to see students as individuals rather than their disabilities and to help them succeed through positive connections.

1. E/BD Methods. SPED 478/578 Instructor: Ann F. Goldade Connecting with Students By Tom Cappelen

2. PERSONAL CONNECTION Tom’s Top 5 Smile (pg 22) Greeting Students at the Door (pg 23) Think Aloud (pg 27) Be a Chaperone (pg 32) Establish Rules and Routines (pg 35)

3. ACADEMIC CONNECTION Tom’s Top 5 Ask open-ended Question (pg 45) Offer Adequate Wait Time (pg 48) Make Mistakes (pg 50) Connect Content (pg 53) Learn from Them (pg 55)

4. SOCIAL CONNECTION Tom’s Top 5 Class Sponsored Charity Event (pg 65) Survey Class (pg 67) Give Students Problem Solving Tools (pg 69) Let Students Make Rules (pg 70) Break Bread Together (pg 77)

5. Tom’s Philosophy for Connecting with Students See students for who they are not their disabilities. See your connection with students as being their only connection to success.