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Behavioral Principles Skill Building Strategies to Decrease Inappropriate Behaviors

Behavioral Principles Skill Building Strategies to Decrease Inappropriate Behaviors. Virginia L. Dolan, Ed. D., NCSP AACPS PBIS/CDM Facilitator. Behavioral Assumptions. Behavior is: Predictable Learned Teachable Affected directly by the environmental events. Reinforcement vs. Punishment.

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Behavioral Principles Skill Building Strategies to Decrease Inappropriate Behaviors

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  1. Behavioral PrinciplesSkill BuildingStrategies to Decrease Inappropriate Behaviors Virginia L. Dolan, Ed. D., NCSP AACPS PBIS/CDM Facilitator

  2. Behavioral Assumptions • Behavior is: • Predictable • Learned • Teachable • Affected directly by the environmental events

  3. Reinforcement vs. Punishment • Reinforcement: when a consequence of a behavior functions to increase the likelihood of future occurrences of that behavior • Punishment: when a consequence of a behavior functions to decrease the likelihood of future occurrences of that behavior

  4. Behavioral Principals • PositiveReinforcement • Negative Reinforcement • PositivePunishment • Negative Punishment

  5. Behavioral Principals • What is the action to be done? • Give • Takeaway • What is the effect you want to achieve? • Increase • Decrease

  6. Behavioral Principals • George say the important point is to focus on the effect: • Increasing behavior • Decreasing behavior

  7. Coach TAKE AWAY MESSAGE You only know if a consequence is reinforcing or punishing by looking at the effect on future behavior.

  8. Behavioral Principals Reinforcement Considerations = to increase • Tangible social • External internal • Other managed self-managed • Frequent infrequent • Predictable unpredictable

  9. Behavioral Principals Punishment Guidelines to decrease • Cause no harm, humiliation • Use least aversive that is most effective • Pair with positive reinforcement of positive behavior • Always use data to monitor effectiveness • Implement with high fidelity and by “expert” • Always involve student, family, etc, in decision making

  10. Behavioral Principals • Negative Punishment • Timeout • Response Cost • Extinction

  11. Reinforcement and Punishment Inc. ( )* Dec. ( )* Give (+) Take (-) Action Effect Positive Negative Reinforcement Reinforcement Positive Negative Punishment Punishment * Future probability of behavior

  12. Coach TAKE AWAY MESSAGE We should consider the function of behavior when we design programs for students and staff.

  13. BIG IDEAS • ALWAYS TEACH AND POSITIVELY REINFORCE ALTERNATE BEHAVIOR THAT COMPETES WITH THE PROBLEM

  14. TAKE AWAY MESSAGE You’re a coach! Prepare for training events, and use your resources to guide your team’s activities (both at training and at school).

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