Behavior management

• What is a behavior?
• Why is it important to study, observe, modify
a behavior
– What kids needs
– 9 temperament traits
• Why are there differences in behavior
• Why behavior problem arise and it’s cause
• What is the difference between behevior
management and behavior modification
 Behavior
• How an individual acts towards people,
society or objects
• direct (overt) or indirect (covert)
• Movement and a change
• influenced by the environment
• A way of communicating “needs”
• Dimensions
– Frequency
– Intensity
– duration
 Different perspectives in psychology
• Biological perspective
– Biopsychosocial view
– Evolutionary perspective
• Psychological perspective
– Behavioral view
S R
– Cognitive view
– Psychodynamic view
• Humanistic view
• Sociocultural perspective
– Sociocultural view
 Understanding behavior

• What do our kids need?

– Freedom
– Fun
– Belonging (social/emotional)
– Power
– Physiological needs
– Need to communicate
– Unique innate process
 Nine
temperaments
in children
1. Physical activity: amount of physical activity

– May affect classroom behavior. How?

2. Sensitivity: sensory threshold or sensitivity

– How they respond to stimulation.Describe CSN

3. Regularity: child’s rhythm and predictability

– Routine and structure

4. Approach/withdrawal: reaction to new
situation
– Curiosity and openness or hold back and hesitate

5. Adaptability: adjustment to new situation

– Transition and changes

6. Mood: emotions and reactions

– How do we know what they really feel?

7. Intensity: amount of energy responses

– How much emotion is in a reaction (tantrums)

8. Persistence: ability to finish task

– Correlated with academic and life success

(frustration tolerance or compulsiveness)

9. distractibility: stay on task

– Opposite of persistence (concentration)

 Root causes of behavior differences
• Individual differences (identity)
– Perception, roles and expectations
• Differences in family patterns
– Family size, socioeconomic status, structure
• condition
• Environmental factors
– Physical and social environment
• Psychological factor
– motivation
What is problematic behavior?
 When does a behavior become problematic?

Agreed upon OPERATIONAL DEFINITION

of problematic behavior

Red flags. Difficulty with. .

1. Managing emotional outburst and

impulses
2. Interferes with school and social
interaction
3. Self injury
4. Developmentally appropriate
e.g. sexual behavior
Causes of behavior problems
• Cultural, School and religious factors
 6 ways a school contributes to the development
of disordered behavior

• Insensitivity to student’s individuality

• Inappropriate student expectations
• Inconsistent management of behavior
• Instruction in non functional and irrelevant skills
• Destructive contingencies of reinforcement
• Undesirable models of school conduct

*adhd checklist for problem behaviors

 Modification
• Intensive
Management • consistent
• Less intense • Change
• Less consistent • Reduce factors that affects
• Control or maintain order (primarily) an individual on
• Reduce classroom a personal level
distractions • individualize
• group
Management Modification
 Basic things to consider
• Was the program right or appropriate (safe)
• Is the goal social significant
• Is it cost effective
• Was it agreed upon