Strategies for Students with Difficult Behaviors: How To
Motivate Them To Change
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As soon as you order the CD-ROM, you can immediately listen to the webinar online! Your order confirmation will contain instructions for online access. SNAPSHOT: It's easy to slip into a self-defeating spiral of frustration and negative emotions with students who have challenging behaviors. But, as we all well know from our own experiences at work and at home, positive reinforcement almost always works best to motivate a change in behavior. For the majority of students, laying out clear rules and expectations for behavior is sufficient. For many other students, simply teaching new skills to replace unwanted behaviors, or making changes in the student's physical environment may be enough. But what are the most effective strategies for those unresponsive students whose problem behaviors take up most of your time? CD-ROM with instant access
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In this 90-minute webinar, behavior specialists Matt McNiff and Howard Wills will focus on positive strategies that have proven most effective for inducing change. These strategies can be used in any school, whether or not the school is implementing an organized program of Positive Behavior Support. Key strategies Matt and Howard will discuss include: - Individual behavior contracts
- Token economies
- Group and individual contingencies
- Classwide reward systems
- Self-Management
Each of these strategies can be used individually or as part of a continuum of interventions. For schoolwide PBS programs, these strategies would be appropriate as Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions. These evidence-based strategies can improve not only student conduct, but academic outcomes as well. Howard and Matt will discuss first how to choose the best strategy for your class or student. Webinar participants will learn practical applications of each of these strategies--when they make sense and when they can backfire. The speakers will provide specific examples and illustrations so that you can get start using these strategies right away.
CONFERENCE AGENDA: - Which strategies work best for elementary school students, for high school students
- How to develop a behavior contract
- What is a group contingency? How to set up a group contingency for a few or many students
- How to keep up with several individualized behavior strategies
- What to do with the student whose behaviors get the attention of his peers
- Feedback from teachers who have used these strategies
- Tying class or individual strategies to the school-wide behavior program
- What can I get started on tomorrow without resources for additional training or support?
- What can I do for the student that is behind and requires so much of my attention?
- Tips on setting up token economies
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: Matt McNiff is a behavior consultant with the Educational Service Unit No. 5 in Beatrice, Nebraska where he works with 9 school districts to help teachers and administrators develop ways to help students with behavior problems. He spent 9 years working as a teacher and counselor at Clarinda Academy in Iowa working with delinquent youth from around the nation and spent 4 years teaching behavior disordered students at Beatrice High School in Beatrice, Nebraska. Matt, who has a Master's degree in special education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, specializes in behavior disorders. He helps teachers increase academic time by developing programs that will reduce problematic behaviors. He also speaks to groups around the nation on how to reduce rude and defiant behavior in children.
Howard P. Wills, Ph.D., is an assistant research professor at Juniper Gardens Children's Project, with the University of Kansas. He has taught at all levels and has been the principal of a school specializing in accelerated learning for students, including those with severe challenging behavior. His current research focuses on school-based academic and behavior interventions for students at-risk of failure due to challenging behavior. Howard has partnered with over 100 teachers to implement successful interventions and has trained on a district, state, and national level.
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