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Getting off to a Good Start! Supporting Students with Behaviors. Learning Objectives. Behaviors Defined. Challenging Behavior. What is Positive Behavior Support?. Understanding the function of behavior:. Behavior is lawful
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Getting off to a Good Start!Supporting Students with Behaviors
Understanding the function of behavior: Behavior is lawful When we understand why a student is demonstrating a behavior, we say that we understand the function of that behavior
Obtain Desirable Events Avoid/Escape Undesirable Events Internal External Internal External Attention Objects/ Activities Objects/ Activities Attention • Difficult • tasks • Change in • routine • Interruption • of desired • activity • Rhythmic • rocking • Endorphin • release • Visual • stimulation • Smiles, • hugs • Frown, • scolding • Surprise • Smiles, • hugs • Frown, • scolding • Surprise • Sinus • pain • Skin • irritation • Hunger • Food • Preferrred • activity • Money
Why is it important to identify the function of a behavior? • It is empirically validated as best practice
Motivation Assessment Scalehttp://www.monacoassociates.com/mas/aboutmas.html • A 16-item survey that assists in developing a hypothesis about the function of the problem behavior
Scatterplot: An interval recording system that assists in determining if patterns of problem behavior exist during specific time periods
Name: ___________________________ Date(s):____________________ Teacher(s)________________________
If you don’t have a planYou’re planning to fail What do I do with all of this data? H. Wong, 1998
Setting Events: Conditions that increase the likelihood that the problem behavior will occur
Example: Writing • “having to engage in handwriting is the most significant and serious impediment to academic participation for students with autism spectrum disorders in schools in North America today. (Dr. Richard Simpson, 2007) • multiple tasks (printing and thinking) leads to “a system wide resource constraint”—blood and oxygen for each component task are reduced and coordination of brain decreases
What about Executive Functions? Executive What?
Executive Functions help with • Thinking • Acting • Solving Problems • Learning new info • Remembering • Retrieving info
Executive Functions Help Us… • Make Plans • Keep track of time • Keep track of multiple ideas • Engage in group dynamics • Evaluate ideas • Reflect on work • Change minds and make corrections • Finish on time • Ask for help • Wait to speak • Seek more info