Self Directed Behavior And Students

The behaviour modified for this self-directed behaviour change project is smoking. Smoking was selected as the behaviour I wish to change because it is known that tobacco use is the leading cause of premature, preventable death and disease (Edwards, Bondy, Callaghan, & Mann, 2014). Smoking is a behaviour that has been recently initiated; I started smoking occasionally in August 2013 (one cigarette a few times a week) and intended to buy only the one pack. However over a period of several months, my smoking has increased. The rationale for this choosing this target behaviour is that it is still a relatively

This behavior change project has become a huge part of my everyday life. I lost sight of how important staying in shape affects my overall mental state along with my physical well-being. Having a life that consists of so many activities such as going to school, working, and maintaining a full and happy relationship with the people I care about is hard to balance with just making time for myself. That is why keeping this three day a week workout regime over the past five weeks has been so important; it made me realize that I can make time to focus on just working on myself, and in turn, improve all other aspects of my life. Realizing of course that there are many people in this world that have real life health problems that they seek professional help for. These changes in their lives require a system or a theory that must be applied to develop a strategic an organized way to regulate or change their behavior.

There are many strategies to address behavior deficits in the classroom, and each behavior requires specific and individualized attention. The two case studies (Grand Canyon University, 2016) detailing the behavior issues of Doug and Ellie are prime examples of situations in which behavior intervention is necessary. This paper will discuss the particular behaviors involved and outline explicit plans for increasing positive behavior exhibited from each child.

The personal philosophy statement for a behavior management plan made me think of how I already use a system, and ways I can improve on my plan. Throughout this session, I got a refresher course on a training I did many years ago, while going more in-depth. I believe that no matter what plan one sets, there will always be times to change it or find ways to improve on the plan.

The behavior change model that is most conducive to my goal is the theory of planned behavior. The theory of planned behavior emphasizes the role of intention when changing a behavior but it also covers the factors that the person does not have control of . For example, in my behavior change goal I can control the foods I choose to eat and where I want to eat, however there are external factors that I cannot control such as what food is available in the dining facilities on campus as well as how much spending money I have at the time since I am currently in between jobs and work study does not pay all that much.

This past summer, I realized that I was getting a lot more exercise compared to the school year. Aside from the occasional basketball, volleyball, or run, I do not have a set schedule or exercise regularly. As a result, I found the Behavioral Change Project the perfect opportunity to set the goal for myself of being more physically fit by exercising daily. To do so, I aimed to either play sports (basketball or volleyball) for at least 1 hour or run at least 1 mile (which includes 5 minutes of stretching beforehand) as my daily exercise. Having the objectives established beforehand made it clear to me what I needed to do to reach my goal. I also wrote down goal-facilitating behaviors (planning to run with others, to work and study effectively

Everyone has different challenge in his/her life ,and he/she may have different view on the same thing. Therefore, people will have different goals which they are eager to achieve. Based on what my life looks like and what I need in my life, my behavior change is to exercise at least one hour every day. The reasons why I choose this goal are because I want to spend some time relaxing from my daily life, and get the balance between education and occupation. Moreover, I expect to burn the fat in my body because I spend very little time for workout since I got a job. When I planned to accomplish this behavior change, I knew that challenges or difficulties would appear, I could not avoid them and I could not finish it easily. But I am the kind of person who likes challenge and I am not afraid of it. Therefore, I chose this behavior change. During the process of this behavior change, I met a lot of difficulties and I learn how to get balance well in my life.

The behavior I have chosen to do my modification program on is increasing the amount of time I work out every time I go to the gym until I reach my target goal. My target goal is to work out for an hour and half every time I go to the gym in the morning. When I go to the gym I will be taking a stop watch to time the amount of time I work out to verify that I reached my goal as well as mark my calendar every day that I go stating how long I worked out for. To make sure I was committed to the goal I wrote down six reasons/benefits of making this behavior change that are both short term and long term. They are feeling better about myself throughout the day, getting to wear the dress I want to be able to fit by my birthday on July 24th, increasing my endurance for marathons, improving my mood, sleeping better, also something to enjoy doing with my husband. There are many more but these are the ones I placed on my bathroom mirror, on my desk lamp at work, on my dashboard in my car, the table next to my front door that holds my gym bag and shoes, on my fridge and in my husband’s truck in case he drives. I also let my husband know my goal and also invited him to come with me so he could monitor that I am actually sticking with my plan daily. I also had stated the table next to the door holds my gym bag and shoes so if I was to walk outside I automatically see them there taunting me to take them and go to the gym. I also put a reminder on my phone each day of my goal and why it

For starters let discuss living and learning. You can learn by watching your family, by being at school, and watching and modeling others.

Our third week of the physical activity intervention has been the most successful so far out of the first two weeks. My group members and I were able to obtain much more data on student’s height and weight in the third week due to class rosters that were given to us by Ms. Moser to easily find and organize students in their physical activity class. My group members and I are doing well in our intervention and we met up to discuss on how our research project is going along and how everyone is doing in their part of the project. My group members and I only have one more week for the intervention, so a challenge for the last week of the intervention would be to promote and motivate the students to continue their engagement in physical activity after the program is over. If my group members and

This limitation was overcome by another similar intervention by Schnoll R and Zimmerman BJ, but this time, using a dismantled approach towards the teaching the importance of daily fiber intake. Classes were divided into 1 of 4 four experimental groups: goal setting only, self-monitoring only, goal setting and self-monitoring combined or no self-regulation components. Results indicated that the participants who were taught both self-monitoring and goal setting were associated with the greatest increase as compared to those who were taught one or fewer self-regulation skills.

For my project I chose a good friend of mine and helping him focus on going to the gym. I know my friend has made attempts to go to the gym before but he struggled with feeling comfortable and with continuing the behavior. I would consider him in the action phases for purposes of the project as he had initiated the behavior before. I wanted to focus my project around going to the gym, in particular Planet Fitness. The guys model prides itself in being a “judgement free zone” for everyone. My goal was to use different behavior modification technique to not only make a change immediately, but one that could support and create sustainable change, with the hopes of going to the gym to become a habit. For the immediate time I used a 12-week time

To succeed in school, adolescents develop diverse self-regulatory skills, such as goal setting, self-monitoring, time management, and self-evaluation. Homework assignments must be transformed into personal goals; study time needs to be allocated prudently; and completion of the goals needs to be self-monitored closely. Adolescents also must learn powerful strategies to enhance various forms of learning, such as note taking, help-seeking, storing and recalling information, reading, writing, and test preparation (Zimmerman, Bonner, & Kovach, 1996). Strategies are also beneficial in assisting them to manage out-of-school extracurricular activities, such as music or sports (Cleary & Zimmerman, 2001; McPherson & Zimmerman, 2002). Unfortunately,

My schema tells me to expect the typical classroom to be set up with students all facing the front of the class, where the teacher will be conducting the lecture. It also tells me to expect students to typically be respectful of the instructor and pay close attention during the lecture. Similarly, the typical teacher will be respectful of the students attending their class, privode them with needed information, and pay close attention to which students are attentive and respectful, and which students are not.

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a multi-tier strategy based on student outcome as opposed to a set curriculum. In a classroom it is based on 6 essential practices, but the strategies can, and should be implemented school wide for maximum benefit. The following will offer some history on PBIS, a breakdown of the 6 essential classroom practices, and a brief description of what a three tier strategy would encompass.