Effective Behavior Management:

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Effective Behavior ManagementCatch em bein
good!

• Sugai
• 2/24/99

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PARENT
CHILD

• Not todaywere in a hurry.
• I said NO!
• Shhhhh.people are looking.
• Put that back right now!
• Youre gonna get it when we get home!
• Okay, you can have it, but this is the last time

• Can I have some candy?
• But I want some!
• You never let me have anything! (louder)
• I want this (grabs candy bar)
• No, its mine (tears open wrapper eats).
• Thats what you think (starts to run away).

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Topics

• 4 Basic Strategies
• 3 Common Problems
• Supporting Your School

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If you do nothing else,.

• Watch!
• Catch em early!
• Teach play!
• Catch em bein good!

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Watch!(Supervise Actively!)

• Be there.obvious.regular. positive.watching
• Interact
• Arrange prosocial interactions
• Dont nag.catch em bein good

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Catch em early!(Precorrect)

• Go to problem context
• Signal
• Remind
• Say/try it
• Praise

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Teach play!(Engage Actively)

• Arrange for success with prosocial peers adults
• Engage frequently
• Teach self-management skills
• Model expected behavior
• Use what works

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Catch em being good (Acknowledge expected
behavior)

• Give 4 to 1 positives to negatives
• State expected behavior
• Respond immediately
• Individualize
• Be positive
• Give information

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Problem Situations

• Escalations
• Repeated noncompliance
• Homework

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Preventing escalations

• Understand the coercive cycle
• Takes two to tango
• Disengage
• Look cool walk away
• Dont nag
• Precorrect

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Increasing compliance

• Give easy request first reward
• Be calmbe consistent
• Give choices reward choice making
• Repeat oncelet natural consequences occur
• Reward compliance immediately

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Enhancing homework

• Establish homework routine (time, place)
• Actively supervise
• Record progress
• Reward all efforts
• Use effective rewards
• Dont nag.precorrect let natural consequences
  occur

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Supporting School Efforts

• Ask your child about school successes daily
• One thing you learned today?
• One success you had today?
• Reward your childs school efforts, progress,
  successes

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• Read/be with your child
• Look at books, magazine, newspaper together
• Limit passive activities, especially tv
• Communicate with your childs teacher
• Ask for ways to help child
• Give suggestions for improving learning

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Key Strategies

• Watch, walk, talk
• Catch em early
• Teach play
• Catch em bein good