Tough Kids: Practical Behavior Management

Speaking: Dr. William
9/18/2011

This presentation will focus on the practical management of behaviorally disordered/emotionally disturbed students. These students are frequently referred to as "tough kids" because they exhibit strong behavioral excesses such as arguing, noncompliance, and aggression while at the same time they possess significant behavioral deficits in self-management (rule-governed behavior), social skills, and academic abilities. This presentation will review what causes "tough kid" behavior, how to practically assess it, and strategies to remediate it. An emphasis will be placed on proactive strategies and positive behavior management interventions, such as Mystery Motivators, the "Sure I Will" program, the "Yes and No" classroom management program, reward spinners, a whole-school positive discipline program (Principal's 200 Club), and several more. Strategies to decrease the behavioral excesses of noncompliance and arguing will include differential attention, "What If" charts, effective classroom rule design, precision requests, and a variety of practical reductive classroom interventions. In addition, information will also be presented on how to get other people, such as parents and other educators, to follow through with and implement these techniques. There will also be an introduction of two new programs, the Tough Kid Bully Blockers program and the Superheroes Social Skills Program for High-Functioning Autistic Children. All the strategies to be presented will be research-validated interventions that can be efficiently implemented in classrooms at low cost.

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