1. Positive Behaviour Management
Techniques for a Calmer Classroom
Hilary Nunns

2. Recognise emotional intelligence to use with students
Recognise the difference between behaviour you dislike and behaviour which stops learning
Pre-empt common triggers for behaviour issues
Use known classroom strategies to make adjustment for students with ADHD and other BESD

3. CAUSES OF NEGATIVE BEHAVIOUR

4. There are always at least 2 ways of seeing things

5. Students should behave like adults
A Common Mindset
Students should behave like adults

6. Creating a positive ethos and climate
Remember: All adults in the college are role models

7. Setting Boundaries - classroom
Establish clear routines
Create your classroom culture with a code of conduct
Support other colleagues accordingly
Reinforce classroom rules with CONSISTENT CONSEQUENCES
Acknowledge good/improved behaviour
Written rewards (eg letters home) are important

8. Behavioural Symptoms Poor Social Skills Excessive Talking
Risky Behaviour
Attention Seeking
Sensation Seeking
Extremely ‘Short Fuse’
Lying
Impatience
Swearing
Interrupting Others
Daydreaming
Disorganisation

10. Check your own approaches
Encourage a problem-solving approach with the student rather than a judgmental one
Be assertive in all dealings with the student, avoiding sarcasm and anger
Before reprimanding, sort out the ‘I won’t’ from the ‘I can’t’

12. Signs of problems with learning
Impulsive actions
Inability to concentrate
Fidgeting noisily
Calling out for help constantly
Sighing
Swearing
Head on the table

15. Things that help with learning
Increase font size on handouts and PC
Highlight or underline key words
Provide handouts to avoid board copying, or encourage photography
Use a lot of visual aids
Allow or provide voice recordings

16. Things that help with learning
Include plenty of IT opportunities
Do warm–up exercises immediately after breaks
Encourage check-lists to be ticked off
Extract texts for research rather than giving whole books to read
Break assignments down into smaller parts
Use highlighters to connect sections
Encourage grids

17. Ideas to engage Show students the next topic or module
Ask students to come up with 4 questions that they will want answered

18. Things that help with behaviour
Stick to the facts, not opinions
Use constructive criticism and problem-solving phrases
Tell students what they should be doing
Remind
Ignore attention-seeking

19. Causes and Triggers
Environment

20. Visual overstimulation Room layout
Environment
Distractions
Obstacles
Noises
Visual overstimulation
Room layout

21. Look for the signs of boredom
Prevention
Look for the signs of boredom
Do not focus attention on the negative behaviour
A quiet word is better than a loud one

22. How to manage students who avoid work – disruptive behaviour
Go and stand by them. (This works best with boys.)
Bring yourself to
eye level (crouch).

23. How to manage students who display disruptive behaviour
Use “Thank you”, not “Please”.
Avoid the “worst seating plan” (ie you sit where you want).
Don’t contaminate teaching & learning space.
Be consistent, firm, fair and patient.

24. Motivate and engage
Discuss behaviour, when its good and when it’s bad – don’t let it be the elephant in the room
Use ice breaker activities to re-energise
Engage in an activity within the first 2 minutes of arrival at class 24

25. Evaluations Action plan info@can-do-behaviour.co.uk