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Behavior Intervention

The purpose of this course is as a reference for Amie Dean and other behavior interventions. 

 

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Foundation 1: Public Rules, Private Discipline

  • Students will accept discipline--Not disrespect.

 

Foundation 2: Relationships: Our influence last only as long as the relationship last

  • "They don't care what we know until they know we care."
  • You can mean business without being mean.

 

Foundation 3: What we DO is more important than how we Feel.

 

Foundation 4: Students need to know 3 things ....

   #1 Where they stand.

  • You have to teach, demonstrate, and reinforce procedures.
  • The best discipline is effective teaching.

   #2: The teacher WILL follow through

  • If you tolerate it day after day...you teach it day after day.

   #3: The teacher is on their side!

  • Discipline decisions need to be based on rules and goals not on feelings -Ask yourself...What is my goal here?
  • Teachers need to give themselves permission to be less than perfect -- not less than professional.
  • "Please refer to classroom rule #......"

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 PREVENTION (Effective for 80-90% of students)

  • Post the Rules (by the clock)
  • Explain it, then expect it.
  • Proximity control (room arrangement
  • Be organized
  • Call to attention signal (refer to Whole Brain Teaching page)
  • Hand on a Stick (signal) -- Raise hands vs Answer freely
  • Positive tone -- ASK A QUESTION
  • Open/Closed sign on pencil sharpener (or pre-sharpened pencils and helper to pass out as needed)

 

POSITIVE INSTRUCTION

  • Business-like approach
  • Success Strategies
  • Correction Cards
  • Promote handraising
  • Less voice, more non-verbals (Voice is for Instruction and Affirmation)
  • Positive Phrasing (Ask a QUESTION -- be inviting)

 

INTERVENTION/REFLECTION

  • Neon Clipboard (clipboard to walk around with to document behavior, correction cards, grading rubrics, etc.)
  • Apology Form (given when a student owes an apology, the form helps them realize how they affected another person, don't demand a student to apologize since it may not be sincere)
  • Better Choices Sheet (intervention to help students realize a better choice to make in the future)
  • Yes Card (intervention for only 5% of students, use when other interventions don't work)

 

PROBLEM SOLVING

  • Conference (time & privacy)
  • Contract (Party of 1st part....)
  • Understanding (What does this say?)

 

REFERRAL

I need help if.....(Class II Offenses)

  • Student hurts himself
  • Student hurts another
  • Student destroys property worth more than $5

 

Mistakes to Avoid....

THE DIRTY DOZEN

  • Inconsistency
  • Excessive Warnings
  • Excessive public/verbal discipline
  • Majoring in the minors
  • Low level distractions
  • Arguments/Power struggles
  • Not teaching procedures
  • Being too tolerant
  • Emphasizing the negative
  • Disrespectful interventions
  • Losing control/Behaving unprofessionally
  • Discarding the plan when it doesn't go as you expected.

 

 

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