Behavior Management

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Behavior Management

• Little things

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3 Fs

• Fair
• Firm
• Friendly
• Enter the room confidently.
• State what you need in a positive manner
• Never ask a questions if there is not a choice to
  be given

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• Who is in control?
• You are in control if you decide who makes the
  decisions
• You ask
• Is the student free to make choices?
• What parameters are in place that limit the
  choices?
• What are the consequences for each choice?

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• WHO
• Who determines what behaviors need to be changed?
• Student
• Parents
• System
• Teachers
• Related service personnel

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• WHO
• Who will write the behavior plan?
• Who will monitor the implementation of the plan?
• Who will monitor progress or lack of progress?
• Who will initiate the next meeting?
• Who will be involved in the decision making?

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Less than recommended method
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Techniques that backfire

• raising my voice
• yelling
• saying Im the boss here
• insisting on having the last word

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• using tense body language, such as rigid posture
  or clenched hands
• using degrading, insulting, humiliating, or
  embarrassing put-downs
• using sarcasm
• attacking the students character
• acting superior
• using physical force

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• drawing unrelated persons into the conflict
• having a double standard making students do
  what I say, not what I do
• insisting that I am right
• preaching
• making assumptions
• backing the student into a corner

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• pleading
• bringing up unrelated events
• generalizing about students by making remarks
  such as All you kids are the same
• making unsubstantiated accusations
• holding a grudge
• nagging

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•   throwing a temper tantrum
• mimicking the student
• making comparisons with siblings or other
  students
• commanding, demanding, dominating