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Discipline is consistently ranked as one of the leading concerns of teachers. Discipline is often equated with punishment. Punitive consequences have inherent limitations: Lying/Sneaky Behavior Fear May become neutral May become reinforcing.
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Discipline is consistently ranked as one of the leading concerns of teachers. • Discipline is often equated with punishment. • Punitive consequences have inherent limitations: • Lying/Sneaky Behavior • Fear • May become neutral • May become reinforcing
Arguing with an adolescent is like Mud Wrestling a PIG! You both get dirty--- And the pig LOVES it!!
Emotional and behavioral disabilities are contagious, affecting teachers and making classroom management more complicated. Teachers of students with mental retardation do not experience a slowdown in abstract thinking. Teachers who have students with dyslexia do not start reading letters backward. But teachers with troubled students in their class are hard pressed to maintain their own emotional and behavioral equilibrium. (Henley, 1995)
Academic Errors Assume student is trying Assume error is accidental We provide practice Edward Kameenui (circa, 1990) Social Errors Assume student is NOT TRYING Assume error is DELIBERATE We provide NOPRACTICE A Comparison of Approaches to Academic and Social Errors Mild/Universal Errors
Academic errors Assume student has learnedor was taught the wrong way We reteach, provide feedback and practice Edward Kameenui, (Circa, 1990) Social Errors Assume student refuses to cooperate Assume student knows right from wrong but is deliberately noncompliant Remove student from context and assume student has “learned lesson” and will behave in the future A Comparison of Approaches to Academic and Social Errors Targeted/ Intense Errors
Teacher’s Encyclopedia of Behavior Management • Forest VS. Trees • Increased numbers of students with significant behavior problems in general education classes. • Inclusive special education practices have increased the need for all teachers to be skilled in handling misbehavior.
Finding the Right Problem • You have a class in which many students are hostile toward one another—especially in the form of sarcasm, ridicule, put-downs etc.
Name Calling/Put Downs • Rude/Impolite • Smart-aleck/Inappropriate Humor
Finding the Right Problem • You have a student who always had to have the last word. She will comply, but she will engage in verbal comebacks as long as you will continue to interact
Finding the Right Place • The last time you had a guest speaker your class was terrible—many students acting silly, disruptive, not participating and so on. You are beginning to question whether you should schedule any activity that is not part of the daily routine.
Finding the Right Place You praise a student, give a positive note or award a point and within ten minutes the student exhibits her worst misbehavior