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Working With Students in the “Top of the Triangle”. with Scott Perry & Patty Parnell Linn Benton Lincoln ESD. Specialized Individual Interventions. Specialized Group Interventions. Universal Interventions. Behavior Management Fundamentals. Family & Community Engagement.
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Working With Students in the “Top of the Triangle” with Scott Perry & Patty Parnell Linn Benton Lincoln ESD
Specialized Individual Interventions Specialized Group Interventions Universal Interventions
Behavior Management Fundamentals Family & Community Engagement Supportive Systems Infrastructure
“What are the top 10 skills needed by school staff when working with behaviorally challenged students?”
“Big Ideas” for today… • Self-awareness and building our supports • Building/maintaining relationships • Function-based thinking • Teach desired behaviors • Crisis management • Encourage / celebrate successes • Attend to the environment
Big Idea #1: Self-awareness & building our supports • Monitoring our own physiology • Who can you call?
#2: Build & maintain relationships • People have a fundamental need for: ~ adequacy ~ belonging ~ respect… • John Gottman research • Search Institute: 40 Assets
#3: Function-based thinking… • ‘Behavior’ makes sense!! • It’s contextual… • It’s predictable… • It’s learned… • It’s stable…
#4: Teach desired behaviors • What you want, model!! • What you want, teach!! ~ “I do it, we do it, you do it” Anita Archer • Self-awareness to self-monitoring to self-management…
#5: Crisis management • The escalation cycle
The Escalation Cycle High Peak De-escalation Acceleration Agitation Recovery Trigger Calm Low Colvin & Sugai, 1989
#5: Con’t Crisis Management • The escalation cycle… • Power struggles ~ What we know… ~ The chain ~ The strategy
#6: Encourage & celebrate success • Developmentally appropriate academics ~ Provide opportunities for success • When was the last time you…
#7: Attend to the environment • Low distraction • McDonalds & Wendy’s • Predictable routine & schedule • Right now, tomorrow, next week… • Consistency, consistency, consistency…
“Debriefing crystallizes learning” Paul Axtell
Application… • Of what we just talked about, what is my biggest challenge? • How does this agree or disagree with my current beliefs? • How is this learning going to impact my behavior?
CONTACT INFORMATION: Scott.Perry@lblesd.k12.or.us Patty.Parnell@lblesd.k12.or.us Please feel free to write…