1. Three P’s of Behavior Management
Christine Anderson and Tiffany Steverson

2. P’s
Prompt
Practice
Praise
Antecedent
Behavior
Consequence

3. PROMPT Prompt: phrase that will assist or encourage;
anticipatory set that focuses or prompts student
(Madeline Hunter)

4. Prompt List Activities Words Do it! Behavior
Make a list of times when a prompt would be helpful. Identify ‘prompt’ words. Handout!

5. Practice
Middle School
Inner City
Self-contained
EBD
10 males

6. Positive Opposite Alan E. Kazdin
Alan Edward Kazdin is the Sterling Professor of Psychology and Child Psychiatry at Yale University and director of the Yale Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic Dr. Kazdin’s theory of parenting management is based on B.F. Skinner’s behaviorism model of psychology which, simply stated, means that any reinforced behavior will remain and any behavior that is ignored will become extinct.  For parents, this means that you pay LOTS of attention to the behavior that you would like to see more of and completely ignore the behavior that you would like to see eliminated.  This is not easy to do.  Most of us have an ingrained predisposition for focusing on the negatives, rather than the positives.  It’s the negatives, after all, that drive us crazy. 

7. Positive opposite Define negative behavior Select positive opposite
Teach positive opposite
Practice positive opposite
Reinforce positive opposite

8. Tell rather than ask Give specifics rather than generalities Told what to do not what not to do

9. Samples of positive opposite
Interrupting parents
Not interrupting or
Waiting turn
Screaming
Quiet voice
Leaves backpack on the floor
Place backpack on bench

10. Partner Activity: 3 behaviors with positive opposites

11. Behavior Specific Praise (BSP)
Description of behavior (social or academic)
Specific to student or class
Positive
Tennessee Behavior Supports Project, July 2016

12. PRAISE

13. Behavior Specific Praise
What was the job?
Define great?
Who did it?
Why is it great?
100 different positive things to say

14. BSP
Examples
Non-examples
Don’t touch him.
Good job!
Way to go!
That’s not nice
Thank you for keeping your hands to yourself, Ana!
Great job being quiet, Joan.
Bill, I like that you are sharing materials with Mohammed.
Laura, excellent use of our new vocabulary word.

15. NON- examples of positive reinforcement!

16. PROMPT PRACTICE PRAISE

17. GROUP CONTINGENCY (PEER REINFORCED)
1 POINT IN CLASSROOM
2 POINTS IN SEAT
3 POINTS IN SEAT WORKING ON NEXT ASSIGNMENT
100 POINTS SAUSAGE GRAVY AND BISCUITS

18. Pair Share

19. Q/A additional examples