Preventive StrategiesSlide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Responding to Challenging BehaviorsSlide 9Slide 10Slide 11Function of BehaviorSlide 13Behavioral InterventionPreventive StrategiesEDCI 336October 17, 2006Preventive 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” / “down time”•Plan for individual needs•Clearly stated, age-appropriate limitsPreventive Strategies•Clear consequences•Contingencies (If you do ___, then_____ will happen.)•Opportunities to make age-appropriate choicesPreventive Strategies•High-interest, novel activities•Classroom arrangement•Adequate number of materialsPreventive Strategies•Proximity•Correspondence training – reinforcing the correspondence between what a child says he or she is going to do and what he or she actually does. That is, a child is praised or rewarded for actually following through.Responding to Challenging Behaviors•Empathy•Redirecting•Prompting/Reminding•Give 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 – make sure you give the child an opportunity to earn back the privilegeFunction 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 intervention•Look at your case study…What function does the behavior serve?Behavioral Intervention•Case Study-•Brainstorm some positive skills that could be used to replace inappropriate behavior. (Look at the child’s strengths)•What are some strategies you will use to reinforce new behavior?•How will you respond to inappropriate