1. Managing Children’s Challenging Behaviors Pete Moore - The Nueva School

2. What are Challenging Behaviors?

3. nagging whining talkativeness attention seeking swearing using cell phones not listening violence stealing excluding others bullying fighting cyberbulling calling out teasing

4. A School Wide Approach to Behavior Management The Ideal:

6. Emotional and Behavior Disorders Internalizing Behavior Disorders Externalizing Behavior Disorders Conduct Disorders

7. Internalizing Behavior Disorder Shyness Withdrawal Depression

8. Externalizing Behavior Disorder Demanding of teacher’s attention. Disobeys, disruptive, openly defiant. Aggressive towards other students and school property.

9. Conduct Disorder Aggressive towards teachers and other students. Repeatedly disobeying rules. Without serious intervention, child may develop a life of crime.

10. How do I tell if a child as a Disorder? Frequency Intensity Duration Resistant General

11. How to we manage and help these children?

12. Collegial Support

13. Parent Support

14. How do I Develop an Effective Behavior Plan?

15. Goals Increase self control skills Enable social integration Benefit from teaching and learning

16. Develop a Clear Profile (Don’t be general)

17. Identify How Frequent? How Intense? How Durable? How Resistant? How General?

18. Plans Should Identify typical disruptive behaviors Clarify why the behaviors are unacceptable or wrong Clarify how the behaviors affect others

19. Working with the Student Introduce and model the plan Rehearse Implement the plan in the natural setting of the classroom or playground

20. Token System....? (oh... Pandora’s Box)

21. Language of Discipline Verbal and non-verbal language

22. What Can I Do Tomorrow?

23. Least Intrusive To Most Intrusive

24. Primary and Secondary Behaviors

25. Calm Yourself First

26. Privately Understood Signals

27. Tactical Ignoring

28. Conditional Directions “When… Then” “After…. Then” “Yes… When”

29. Reminding

30. Gaining Group Attention

31. Take Up Time

32. Re-Establishing Working Relationships

33. Dealing With Put-Downs And Harassment

34. Establishment Phase of the Year

35. Consequences

36. Time Out

37. The 4W Form 1. Think back to what happened. What did I do? 2. What rule was broken? What rights were affected (this is for older students)? 3. What is my side of the story? 4. What can I do to fix things up? Make things better?