1. Positive interactions
Tutorial Week 9
By Amanda Gray

2. Are they just naughty kids?
How would you respond to a child’s behaviour if you believed... ?
How would you respond to a child’s behaviour if you believed...?
naughty
inappropriate
wrong
bad
it happens for a reason
parenting caused it

3. Functional Behaviour Assessment
To get something
“Attention seeking”
To communicate something
To avoid something
sensory overload, failure, situations causing anxiety

4. Behaviour Support Replacing the negative with positives
Increase existing positive behaviour
Train the child in the skills they lack
Encourage the child to use existing skills more effectively
It is not about blaming, finding fault or even excusing behaviour
It is about being pro-active, not re-active
It is about promoting lasting behaviour change

5. Functional Behaviour Assessment
Watch
Hypothesise
Experiment
Gather data
Adjust

6. Crisis Management

7. Behaviour Plans and Contracts
Identify specific behaviour to be changed
Set goals for the future
Identify
reasonable adjustments (to prevent behaviour from occurring)
rewards
consequences
Negotiated with the student

8. Writing a BP/contract for Jason
Write it in simple, child-appropriate language
Goal, rewards, consequences
Design a rewards system, draw up a chart Jason could use to monitor his own behaviour
Behaviour Plan
Set a SMART goal
Identify strategies to prevent the behaviour
Identify possible rewards
Identify how you would respond to inappropriate behaviour

9. targeted skills/knowledge
Designing SMART goals
They need to be:
S – SPECIFIC
M – MEASURABLE
A – ACHIEVABLE
R – REALISTIC
T – TIMELY
Tasmanian Department of Education (2005)
Student +
targeted skills/knowledge
Context
Criterion
Specific = a specific skill or behaviour
Measurable = quantifiable and/or observable. Can be accurately assessed.
Achievable
Realistic = according to the child’s circumstances and capabilities, what will help them function in their learning and social community
Timely = reasonable expectation within the time frame

10. Formula for goals (assignment 3): Student
+ targeted skill or knowledge
+ context
+ criterion
Andrew will
in all situations, when speaking with an adult,
attempt
to give eye contact
on 70% of occasions