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Chapter 7. Coping with common behavior problems. Surface behaviors. Verbal interruptions Off-task behavior Disruptive physical movements Three tiers Consequences Verbal behaviors Nonverbal behaviors. Intrusiveness. Perquisites to Management. Teacher is well prepared to teach
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Chapter 7 Coping with common behavior problems
Surface behaviors • Verbal interruptions • Off-task behavior • Disruptive physical movements Three tiers • Consequences • Verbal behaviors • Nonverbal behaviors Intrusiveness
Perquisites to Management • Teacher is well prepared to teach • Teacher provides clear directions and expectations of the learning material • Clearly explains importance of material and how it may relate to students’ lives • Clearly communicates and enforces behavioral expectations • Models the expected behavior to students • Builds positive and caring relationships with students
Proactive intervention skills • Changing the pace of classroom activities • Removing seductive objects • Interest boosting of a student who shows signs of off-task behavior • Redirecting the behavior of off-task students • Non-punitive time out • Encouraging the appropriate behavior of other students • Providing cues for expected behavior
Remedial Intervention Skills The purpose is to redirect students in learning • Nonverbal Intervention provides a student with opportunities for self-control. • Intervention does not cause more disruption to the teaching than the disruptive behavior • Intervention defuses the confrontational situation • Intervention protects students • Choice of the specific intervention maximizes the number of alternatives left
Nonverbal skills Planned Ignoring • Operant Conditioning • Extinction procedure • Removal of reinforcement increases the behavior in the short-term • Child may receive reinforcement from other students
Signal Interference • Nonverbal behavior by teacher that communicates to the student to stop • Eye contact • Pointing to a seat • Head shaking • Holding up a hand
Proximity Interference Touch Interference • Any movement toward the student • Light, nonaggressive physical contact with the student • Beware that some students might perceive this as an aggressive attack, so know your student first! • Beware of touch with students of the opposite sex