1. Teacher Prevention Strategies for Challenging Behaviours
Belief about challenging behaviour
What do you see as acceptable behaviour?
What do you see as unacceptable behaviour?
Strategies that you use to limit challenging behaviour.

3. Proactive versus Reactive
Most behaviours are “learned” behaviours.
Most successful interventions address the behavioural antecedents that occur across people, places and time.
Challenging Behaviour often serve a useful purpose for the person.
Catching the child doing the “right” thing is far more productive than responding to them after they have made a mistake.

4. General Strategies Prevent frustrating or anxiety producing situations
Frequently interact positively
Remain calm
Language and consequences should give students a sense of power
Don’t over exaggerate praise
Provide verbal warning
Discuss negative behaviours in private

5. General Strategies Give responsibility Use non-verbal clues
Focus on strengths
Continual monitoring and feedback
Respect
Curriculum changes

6. Communication Strategies
State desired outcome
Allow reasonable time for instructions to be processed /carried out
Focus on what they should be doing
Vary tone and movement
Use body language
Model instructions, provide examples
Use hand gestures / private signals
Be supportive rather than threatening
Use descriptive praise
Question – response – direction

7. Activity
List negative consequences for inappropriate behaviour. Both in the class and for the whole school.
List positive consequences for appropriate behaviour. Both in the class and for the whole school.

8. Positive Consequences
Positive contact with parents / careers
Verbal and non-verbal reinforcement
Take an interest
Enthusiastic engagement with student
Occasionally joke with students
No negative labels or nicknames
Give opportunities for responsibility
Provide opportunities to share experiences

9. Implementing Negative Consequences
Avoid confrontation.
Approach the situation positively and calmly.
Ask the student to state what they should be doing. Question-response-direction.
Remind the student about behavioural choices and consequences.

10. In Summary Be consistent Share information
Facilitate effective and efficient teaching
Encourage consistency across programs, setting and people (Learning Support Teams)
Develop a collaborative school culture
Working as a team, together we are able to integrate effective strategies.