Positive Behavior Support Within The Classroom : Facilitating Behaviorally Inclusive Learning Environments

conduct to meet the expectations of the classroom. However, “ ...findings expound on the fact that there is an increase in the number of mainstreamed students who are diagnosed with emotional behavior disorders (EBD) and that teachers are not always trained to deal

Challenging inappropriate behaviour posed by children nowadays is one of the most daunting issued faced by teachers. Few matters affect teachers more directly and persistently than managing classroom behaviour (Jim Docking, 2000). Being able to manage a classroom I found is one of the most fundamental aspects in being able to teach today. Through this critique I will investigate the different studies relating to behaviour management within a classroom, looking pacifically at several behavioural issues within a classroom and where they stem from, as well as looking into studies based on the praise system and how it is used in schools. I want to look at fundamental theorists and give a brief insight into their studies through my own experience and research I have looked into.

Wally had been identified as a student with Emotional Behavior Disorders (EBD) upon enrolling to kindergarten. He has attended 7 schools throughout his educational career due to his behavioral issues as well as his family moving. During this time frame various strategies have been implemented to determine the most appropriate learning environment for Wally.

Jacob is in the 5th-grade, whom has been diagnosed with ADHD and an emotional/behavioral disorder. He has trouble identifying with children his own age. He can be very aggressive and speaks very loudly. Academically Jacob is currently on a third grade level. He has become very frustrated with school and does not recognize the importance of an education. Because of his frustrations, he will have temper tantrums. Jacob needs constant help throughout the day working through his emotional/behavioral issues (Case Study). This paper will summarize and discuss why or why not an inclusive, resource, or self-contained classroom would provide the best placement for Jacob, and discuss related services, technology, and collaboration models for each possible

McKevitt, B. C., & Braaksma, A. D. (2008). Best practices in developing a positive behavior support system at the school level. In A. Thomas & J. Grimes (Eds.), Best practices in school psychology (5th ed., pp. 735–747). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.

As an inclusion teacher, I am often tasked with growing students who have not achieved much success in the traditional classroom structure. Often times my students do not respond well to typical behavior management strategies. These students tend to be highly emotional and reactive in their responses to stimuli as opposed to working through those situations in a rational process.

The author, a professor of special education, is an expert in the areas of behavior disorders, the assessment and treatment of behavioral disorders and interventions for behavioral disorders. This article provides an objective and useful discussion regarding the relationship between Behavior Intervention Plans and the issues that must be address by school staff when developing and monitoring them. The author also provides readers with specific areas which must be address when developing Behavior Intervention Plans. The information provided may be useful for teachers and school staff.

In this paper you will find several strategies the classroom teachers can use and implement in the classroom with their students who suffer from emotional and behavioral disorders. Selected interventions will provide information with the activities and assessments that will be used to help the teacher implement these procedures to help the students to become stronger socially, with cognitive and behavioral and emotional needs for our EBD students.

Farenga, Ed.Stephen J, Ness, Daniel (2005). Positive behavior supports. Encyclopedia of Education and Human Development, (3), 809-814.

Have you ever thought about how the behavioral expectations are different at varying developmental levels in students' lives? If you have, the changes and developmental differences of the students that are involved whether at the elementary, middle school or high school levels must be taken into account when developing a Positive Behavioral Support System (PBSS). Furthermore, school leaders must also value the socioeconomic and experiential differences of students and both also must be kept in the forefront for developing how a Positive Behavioral Support System should be implemented. Moreover, in urban settings, culture and meaning must be in the careful planning of what is going to be in the desired set of behaviors. Understanding expectations from the cultural norms have to be also considered. (Betters-Bubon, Brunner, & Kansteiner, 2016, p.265) This juggling act of keeping all of the different needs in the air of different students comes down to whether an effective leader can keep all the balls in the air and not let them drop, or to be stated more succinctly, to delegate and supervise the

Welcome parents and student to Franklin County Elementary. Our superintendent of education has recently decided to implement a school wide positive behavior support. This approach to discipline includes school-wide, targeted, and individualized strategies for achieving social and learning outcomes while preventing problem behavior with all students. It involves modifying our processes and procedures to help decrease problem behaviors. You will see that we have added reminders throughout the school (in the classrooms, hallways, lunchroom, bathrooms, etc.) as a friendly reminder of the rules to encourage good behavior. Our goal is to get more remarks for positive behavior than incident reports for negative behavior every week. The remainder of this paper will outline our School Wide Positive Behavior Support, explaining behavior expectations, rewards, error correction procedures, and data collection procedures.

These interventions included 2 major tiers to enhance all behavior disabled students. Tier 1 included an implementation of activities that were implemented across the school for emotional behavior students. According to (Wehby & Kern 2014), this tier included the core school-wide expectations implemented in both classroom and non-classroom settings; opportunities to acknowledge and reinforce appropriate behavior, consistent responses when students fail to adhere to expectations; and a data-monitoring system for determining responsiveness to Tier 1 supports (Sugai & Horner, 2009). Tier 1 was known for describing the intensive behavior intervention that were being tailored toward emotional behavior students. Tier 2 encompass small-group of students to support the intervention programs, which were made to integrate vaild methods. These methods and procedures were made to help emotional behavior students progress self-control strategies in areas they lack such as social relationships, as well as improving academic performance to enhance student growth and

Positive behaviour support. As a science-based practice, PBS incorporates applied technologies of behaviour change and instruction that have been validated by empirical research. Using the scientific discipline of applied behaviour analysis (ABA) as a foundation for assessment and intervention design, PBS also integrates principles from other disciplines such as biomedical science and developmental psychology. As a values-informed approach, strategies used in PBS are based on the goals, preferences, and context of the individual receiving support, and by his or her parents, teachers, and/or support workers. Behavioural support plans are developed, implemented, and evaluated in collaboration with key stakeholders, and interventions are designed

Research indicates that schools continue to lack the resources to help students with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) become successful. Students with EBD tend to be the most time consuming in terms of school financial, programming, and staffing resources. Any strategy to help students with EBD must begin with helping professionals in schools continue to be the social change agents that are working towards positive change behaviors for the students. Helping professionals are the staff in schools providing direct services to the children with EBD. This may be in the form of counseling, behavior plan writing, family and community outreach, or response to intervention and crisis intervention (Agresta, 2004). The helping professionals in schools generally have undergone rigorous training in working with children, and they also tend to be the center of services, often working with administration, educational staff, community and family (Agresta, 2004).

While the presence of certain characteristics in children with behavioral disorders might sometimes seem discouraging but the bottom line is not to give up on any student in any case. Most of the times, children with behavioral and emotional problems might challenge a patience of teachers and cause temporary despair. In this situation, teachers require the support of others in supported students to succeed. The classroom is a learning community; therefore, it is very much significant to create a constructive atmosphere in the classroom. The successful behavior management in classroom can be improved by colleagues as well as by the family of the students. While considering the needs of students with behavioral and emotional problems, the paper aims to develop appropriate strategies for teaching students with behavioral disorders in the classroom.