Preventive StrategiesSlide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Responding to Challenging BehaviorsSlide 9Slide 10Slide 11Function of BehaviorSlide 13Assessment of BehaviorABC’sSlide 16Slide 17Slide 18Slide 19Slide 20Behavioral InterventionSlide 22Slide 23Slide 24Preventive StrategiesEDCI 336October 20, 2005Preventive Strategies•Establish trust•Know children well enough to predict problems•Prepared materialsPreventive Strategies•PLAN motivating, varied activities•Mixture of quiet and energetic activities•Appropriate schedulesPreventive Strategies•Transitions•Minimal “wait time”•Plan for individual needs•Clearly stated, age-appropriate limitsPreventive Strategies•Clear consequences•Contingencies•Opportunities to make age-appropriate choicesPreventive Strategies•High-interest, novel activities•Classroom arrangement•Adequate number of materialsPreventive Strategies•Proximity•Correspondence trainingResponding to Challenging Behaviors•Empathy•Redirecting•Prompting•ChoicesResponding to Challenging Behaviors•Ignoring•Role-playing•Relaxation techniques•Talk-it-over placeResponding to Challenging Behaviors•Signals•Self-monitoring•Natural consequences•Mild oral reprimandResponding to Challenging Behaviors•Time-out•Response cost•HumorFunction of Behavior•All behavior has a function:•To gain attention•To escape a situation•To provide sensory stimulationFunction of Behavior•First we must determine what function the behavior serves •Then we can develop appropriate strategies for interventionAssessment of Behavior•Define behavior in observable terms•Look for reasons or causes for behaviorABC’s•Antecedent: Comes before the behavior•Behavior itself•Consequence: Comes after the behaviorAssessment of Behavior•Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence•Anecdotal records•Behavioral checklists•Systematic measurement of : frequency, duration, intensityAssessment of Behavior•Interviews (student, parent, teachers, nurse, guidance counselor)•Compare the target behavior to the norm for that school, that class and that timeAssessment of Behavior•When we assess behavior in a school, we must look at everything in that student’s school life.Assessment of Behavior•This includes a systematic assessment of the student’s academic program•How much inappropriate behavior do you think is the result of a poor academic fit?Assessment of Behavior•Form hypothesis about why behavior is occurring•Should behavior be changed?Behavioral Intervention•Positive skills to replace inappropriate behavior•Strategy for reinforcing new behavior•Strategy for immediate response to inappropriate behaviorBehavioral Intervention•Implement the plan•Evaluate success of plan•Upon success, begin gradually diminishing intensity of strategiesAssessment of Behavior•Who’s going to do all this????•Teachers•Peers•Administrators•Special education teachers•School