Best Practices in Positive Behavior Management
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This document discusses best practices in positive behavior management for students. It outlines strategies like visual supports, social skills instruction, reinforcement systems, and prompt hierarchies. These positive and proactive interventions aim to maintain challenging behaviors by understanding their purpose while implementing evidence-based practices. The document also discusses using schedules to increase independence, reduce anxiety, and ensure predictability for students. Different types of schedules like object, tactile, picture, word, and mini are presented.
Best Practices in Positive Behavior Management
- 1. Best Practices in Positive Behavior Management ! Special Education District of Lake County Jennifer Penzenik
- 2. Positive Behavioral Support Strategies
- 3. Positive Behavior Management • Management system to maintain challenging behaviors ! • Behaviors can be difficult to change as they serve a purpose for the individual ! • Behaviors are supported by reinforcement, both positive or negative ! • Not all behaviors have equal priority for behavioral change ! • There are evidence-based best practices for behavioral interventions !
- 4. Positive and proactive interventions • Visuals ! • Task analysis ! • Social skills/social narratives/video modeling ! • Reinforcement system ! • Processing time ! • Proximity Control ! • Pre-teaching/front loading ! • Prompt Hierarchy !
- 5. Visuals
- 7. Social Skills Instruction Video Modeling Social Narratives
- 11. Prompt Hierarchy Prompt Hierarchy Least Restrictive Most Restrictive Natural Prompt Position Prompt Gesture Prompt Object Prompt Visuals Indirect Verbal Direct Verbal Partial Physical (PP) Full Physical (FP) Natural or Environmental Set up environment so that student completes desired task Position Position object in a way that a student is likely to take it Gesture Point or use another gesture that will direct student Object Place a needed object near student to encourage them to complete the task Visual Student refers to icons/symbols, pictures or visual schedules to complete desired task Indirect Verbal Give student hints as to what they are supposed to do Direct Verbal Give full verbal instructions Partial Physical Light physical touch or direction to encourage student to finish the task Full Physical Full hand-over-hand or hand-under-hand support
- 12. Schedules
- 13. Why are they important? • Increases independence ! • Reduces anxiety ! • Plays off of strong visual skills ! • Reduces behavior ! • Ensures predictability ! • Supports coping strategies ! • Reduces dependency on adults
- 14. Various types for various needs • Object Schedule ! • Tactile Schedule ! • Picture Schedule ! • Word Schedule ! • Mini Schedule
- 15. Object Schedule
- 16. Object Schedule
- 17. Object Schedule
- 18. Tactile Schedule
- 19. Tactile Schedule
- 20. Picture Schedule
- 21. Picture Schedule
- 22. Picture Schedule
- 23. Mini Schedules