- Change the setting. …
- Respond calmly. …
- Teach alternate behaviors. …
- Give your students choice. …
- Notice the positive, and offer students encouragement. …
- Practice consistency in your classroom.
What three things should you always do when responding to challenging behavior?
When children are engaging in challenging behavior, interrupt, and redirect the child to the appropriate alternative behavior using
minimal attention, discussion, and emotion
. Your redirect should focus on stating what the child should or might do.
What are some common immediate response strategies to Behaviours of concern or challenging Behaviour?
- Back off where possible.
- Keep calm.
- Call for help.
- Leave the person to calm down, if possible.
- Remove others from the environment, if possible.
- Be aware of body language and tone of voice used to the person.
What are the strategies to prevent and control challenging Behaviours?
- Use words, hugs and kisses to recognize positive behaviors.
- Remove from your child’s reach things that are not for children or are dangerous.
- Always have toys and fun things at home, in the car, in your bag and when you travel.
What are the strategies in dealing with challenging behavior?
- Turn Negatives into Positives. …
- Teach Positive Behaviour. …
- Model the Behaviour You Expect. …
- Establish a Class Code of Conduct. …
- Communicate Well. …
- Recognise Good Behaviour and Achievements. …
- Proactively Develop Relationships. …
- Have a Quiet Area.
What are positive Behaviour strategies?
- Positive behavior strategies are evidence-based, proactive approaches to changing challenging student behavior. …
- These strategies help build a trusting relationship between teachers, students, and families. …
- These strategies teach and reinforce new skills.
What are some behavioral strategies?
- Routines. Set clear routines for everything you would like students to do in your classroom. …
- Silent signals. …
- Proximity. …
- Quiet Corrections. …
- Give students a task. …
- Take a break. …
- Positive phrasing. …
- State the behavior you want to see.
Why is it important to respond to challenging Behaviours immediately?
It is important to address and respond to challenging behaviors immediately, and provide a calm demeanor. This is to help
ease distress
and promote a positive, safe and secure environment for the child(ren).
What are some challenging behaviors?
- Withdrawn behaviours such as shyness, rocking, staring, anxiety, school phobia, truancy, social isolation or hand flapping.
- Disruptive behaviours such as being out-of-seat, calling out in class, tantrums, swearing, screaming or refusing to follow instructions.
How do you deal with challenging behavior at home?
Praise good and appropriate behavior.
Respond calmly if challenging behaviors occur
. Help your child by breaking up their assignments into smaller sections. Choose a couple strategies to prevent challenging behaviors.
What are 3 types of behavior triggers?
Generally, people with dementia become agitated due to three potential trigger categories:
Medical, physiological and/or environmental
.
What are the 3 elements of challenging behaviour that you need to focus on?
social
(boredom, seeking social interaction, the need for an element of control, lack of knowledge of community norms, insensitivity of staff and services to the person’s wishes and needs) environmental (physical aspects such as noise and lighting, or gaining access to preferred objects or activities)
What can trigger challenging behaviour?
- Social attention: It may be a good way of getting other people’s attention, even if it is negative, e.g., shouting.
- To get something: A person may learn behaviours that get them things they want, e.g., food, objects etc.
- Escape: It may help to avoid things a person doesn’t like e.g. dentist.
Why do we need to develop strategies to reduce challenging behaviour?
strategies to help the person develop an alternative behaviour to achieve the same purpose by
developing a new skill
(for example, improved communication, emotional regulation or social interaction) the importance of including people, and their family members or carers, in planning support and interventions.
What are some positive behaviors?
- Altruistic: shows selfless concern for others.
- Caring: desires to help people.
- Compassionate: feels or shows sympathy or concern for others.
- Considerate: thinks of others.
- Faithful: being loyal.
- Impartial: treats all persons equally; fair and just.
What practices can you implement to support positive Behaviours?
- Be a role model. Use your own behaviour to guide your child. …
- Show your child how you feel. …
- Catch your child being ‘good’ …
- Get down to your child’s level. …
- Listen actively. …
- Keep promises. …
- Create an environment for good behaviour. …
- Choose your battles.
