Having Too Little Behavior

*Since Week 1 was unsuccessful in going to sleep around that specific goal time I changed my project by pushing my sleep goals back 30 minutes for the remaining 4 weeks.

Are you the type of person who wants to be able to go to work everyday doing something you love, helping others who need it, and getting a smile on your face just by the smallest of things that someone does? That is the type of person I am, which is why I chose the career path of a Behavior Specialist. A Behavior Specialist is someone who works with a person who may have a disability, and they study and work with them to make things as easy as possible for their daily life. They focus on the perception of life, however sometimes hesitate to present the strong conclusions how behaviors cause certain emotion (Thompson). A Behavior Specialist is also known as a Social Psychologist, because they study how a person’s mental life and behavior are shaped by interactions with other people (“Pardon Our Interruption”). The four main behaviors that Behavior Specialists look for when studying the actions of a person are, “Self-awareness, emotion, motivation, and feelings” (“Modeling the Early Human Mind”). Although I believe being a Behavior Specialist is a dream job, there are always issues that go along with any job, in this case emotions play a role in the occupation working with people who need extra help.

Reading Strategy Note: Unlike summary and paraphrase, which require close reading, for this discussion use the reading strategy of

Then I read the chapter again, but this time I have made picture in my mind of the pages and I try to anticipate the terms and the concepts and my own examples for each concept before I read them. If I miss any, I jot them down again. Sometimes, I read the book backwards, sub-heading to sub-heading until I can see pretty much the whole

Role model: Staff should give good example all times and simple actions such as saying please and thank

When working with children with behavioural difficulties it is important that practitioners respects the families culture, customs and values. Some children may grow up in a family where they value their father so it is important that practitioners take this into account when working with children with behavioural problems, as the child may listen more to male members of staff than female. Also some children may have been brought up by their grandparents where they are usually spoilt by them and get what they want and in the setting they cant always get their own way. When working with children with behavioural difficulties it is important that the practitioners have some knowledge on the child's background for example the child might have

I chose to modify my slight procrastination of school work and also utilize the time I am working more efficiently. Although I do not procrastinate with my school work to often I felt that it was enough for me to decide to use this behavior modification project to further reduce my tendency to procrastinate, especially with the work load I have encountered this term. Procrastination is essentially defined as putting off important tasks or work until the last minute and trying to complete the work in a very small amount of time. While I was working on reducing my procrastination I decided it would be a good opportunity to improve my time while working on homework or studying. Furthermore, I found that reducing my procrastination was quite simple but it did require

Summarizing each paragraph for the third reading helps you know the main idea of each paragraph without reading through it again, and you could find the best and important example in the text. All the readings have a purpose that helped me write the essay; it broke down the content of each source so it could be understandable, how helpful each information is, and if the author’s evidence is strong enough to convince

It is important to provide teachers the support they need in order to work with children with challenging behaviors. It not only helps the teacher with classroom management, but it also helps the child learn to self-regulate their own behaviors by anticipating consequences. The purpose of this study was to investigate the strategies that preschool teachers use in attempt to manage students challenging behaviors and to examine the teachers reasons behind the strategies. Preschool age appears an ideal time to where teachers can apply appropriate strategies and often times it seems to be the first place that children show the first signs of challenging behaviors. Preschool children that tend to manifest challenging behaviors are

a usual routine changed? All these questions and many more could make a huge difference when

Behavior disorder is defined as “Any of various forms of behavior that are considered inappropriate by members of the social group to which an individual belongs.” (The American Heritage Stedman 's Medical Dictionary, 2015) Due to its broad definition, methods of identification, diagnosis, and treatments are varied and controversial. After my son was diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in November of 2012, I recognized a stigma within the community surrounding behavior disorders that made it difficult to find the appropriate support for my son and my family. This paper will discuss the causes of behavior disorders, methods for proper identification, and problems that can arise in the home, school, and community of a child with a behavior disorder.

This summer, and again in class, we read the articles The Cost of Survival, The Moral Logic of Survivor Guilt, and Unbroken. Over the summer, I just read the texts on a literal level and the only text-marking that I did was I highlighted important parts and summarized each paragraph. I didn’t even begin to look into what else the author could possibly mean other than what he/she said on the page. Although, when we re-read and text-marked these articles, I did something very different. I looked into the deeper meaning of what the characters, word choice and plot that the author chose to use, means and what new ideas that they brought to the text by reading each paragraph carefully and questioning why the author did certain things that brought me to something that I had never found before. The difference between the two is that in the first read is that I didn’t fully understand the text. I just wrote summaries on the side of the piece. I didn’t have any idea of what any different meaning was than the obvious meaning. In my second read I found and understood deeper

family member may show less resistance and eventually might be willing to take part too.

Behaviour is considered abnormal under this definition if it is deemed to be unacceptable in the society. This approach comes with many limitations. Social norm could be a desirability and is easily manipulated. Some societies find certain people undesirable, often the ones opposing government or religion. In USA for example, in 1950s people with communist views were sent to mental health institutions. Every society is changing with the time, change of believes and affected by other factors. For example homosexuality was classed as abnormality by World Health Organisation until 1980s, but nowadays it is normal in the Western Society, while there are still numerous societies, where homosexuality is classed as abnormal. The norms vary between the societies so significantly that a norm in them could be an opposite behaviour.

Externalizing Problems are those behaviors, which are typically “under control” by the child and are often seen as uncommon to both peers and adults within the school or home environment. This composite was measured in the parent rating and teacher rating form. Madison’s mother reported that Madison does not act aggressively with her peers or demonstrate any rule-breaking behaviors at home (Aggression, T-45: Conduct Problems, T=50). However, her responses to items on the Hyperactivity scale indicate Madison displays At Risk levels of hyperactivity at home (Hyperactivity, T=66). Mrs. Crilley reported that Madison “often’ talks over others, and interrupts overs when they are speaking. Furthermore, she endorsed that Madison “sometimes” acts without thinking and acts out of control. Also, she “sometimes” is unable to wait turns, and shows poor self-control. On Madison’s self report, she did not rate herself as having elevated levels of Hyperactivity (Hyperactivity, SRP=35; average).