EDU 361 Final Exam

Person Centered Planning

focuses on what is important to the student.

Considerations for lifestyle changes

- self determination

- school/community inclusion

- relationships

- valued roles

- health/well-being

- maintenance and generalization

- self management

Long Term Supports

- designed to help students in the long run and give them the supports they need.

- more developing skills and setting up supports.

Treatment Integrity

- how faithfully the plan is implemented

- fidelity checklist helps with this

Nature vs. Nurture

- nature: is how you are born. Predisposed towards it

- nurture: how you are raised you learn it

- It can be both nature and nurture

- We can only affect the nurture part so we should focus on that

Coercion Theory

- parent-child interactions provide a training ground for the development of antisocial behavior

Random Reinforcement

- challenging behavior is inconsistently reinforced and maintained

Coercive Cycle

pattern of escalating negative reciprocal interactions.

- demand or request

- bad behavior

- escalation

- parent caves

- parents are less likely to make demand

3 Steps to breaking the coercive cycle

1. understand the behavior (function)

2. have a plan for that behavior (BIP)

3. Stick to the plan (fidelity and data)

Considerations with Coercive cycle

- consistency is key

- Don't accidentally reinforce

- think long term and big picture

Catharsis Theory

- Your emotions get stored up inside you and you vent them all and let them out in a concentrated form

- Doesn't work. Makes them more aggressive

Corporal Punishment

- doesn't work

- models aggressive behavior for students

Reprimands

- keep it private, quiet, and brief

- don't say they are bad say the behavior is bad

Suspension/expulsion effectiveness

- not effective at all

- only benefit is giving administrators time to create BIP

- short term fix

Student's Core Belief's Effect on Behavior

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Brain states

- have to be relaxed to learn the best

- stressed or tired don't let you focus

Creating Good Brain States

- relationships

- culture of the classroom

4 Pillars of Happiness

1) Resources

2) Intimacy

3) Competence

4)Health

Resource pillar of happiness

- autonomous independent and free

- internal and external resources

- ex: food, pencils, desks, and books

Intimacy Pillar of Happiness

- we are attachment figures

- connecting with the child helps them regulate emotions

Competence Pillar of happiness

- it's hard to be happy if you're bad at stuff

- Competent at regulating emotions?

- teaching them how to be human through context

- teach communication

Health Pillar of Happiness

- hard to be happy when you aren't healthy

- Kids getting more and more unhealthy and more sedentary

Flow State

- challenge of activity matches their skill level

- begin to lose track of time

- happy in flow state

Things to get flow state

- activity

- ability to concentrate

- clear goal

- immediate feedback

- engaging task

- control or choice

- sense of success

- loses track of time

We Have Crisis of

- Positive emotion

- engagement

- relationships

- meaning

- achievement

- PERMA

Positive Emotions

- Gratitude list

- pushes back against negativity bias we all have

ABC Model (positive psychology)

- Thoughts -> emotion -> behavior back to thoughts

- change thoughts and change the other two

Engagement

- use the student's strengths to engage them in the activity

- surveys help you find your top strength

Relationships

- teach them assertiveness and interpersonal problem solving skills

- teach them how to be in relationship

Meaning

- using strength for organized task gives sense of meaning

- Explain to students why we are doing something

Achievement

- Teach SMART goals and have students set goals

- celebrate achievements

DECIDE

- Define problem

- Establish criteria

- Consider Alternatives

- Identify best alternatives

- Develop and implement plan

- Evaluate and monitor plan

Team Members Resistance Implementing Behavior Strategies

- don't understand the method

- Feel like they have no voice

Importance of follow through and proven track record

- makes them less likely to revolt

- Model the strategy for them

- Check in with them

Resistance to BIP because of

- lack of shared vision

- psychological contract breaches

- low quality relationships

Transactional Leadership

- contingent rewards for achieving goals

- (management by exception active): monitors team behavior and anticipates problems

- (Management by exception passive): wait until behavior creates problem to intervene

Transformational Leadership

- Lead by example

- motivates and inspires team members with vision

- solicits team member's ideas and attentive to needs

Psychological Contract

an unwritten agreement that sets out what management expects from an employee and vice versa

Sound Relationship House Theory

steps to take in order to improve a relationship

Steps in Sound Relationship Houses Theory

1. build relationship map

2. share fondness and admiration (edifications)

3. turn towards (help teammates)

4. positive perspective (create friendship or more than coworkers

5. manage conflict (identify core issues)

6. help aspirations come true (celebrate and work towards each others goals)

7. Create shared meaning (match priorities)

Greatest Predictor of Success in BIP

Optimism

Durands 10 Optimistic Teaching Tips

1. explore emotions before, during, and after outbursts

2. If team isn't helping ask why

3. believe you area good teacher

4. believe the student can change

5. take care of yourself

6. leverage - don't multitask

7. teach in the moment

8. recognize and appreciate the good things in life

9 express gratitude

10. sometimes bad is okay

7 Battlefields of Pessimistic Thoughts

1. self-efficacy (how we see ourselves as practictioners)

2. concerns about what others think

3. perceptions of child (blaming parents or classroom management)

4. child efficacy (they did that on purpose)

5. pervasiveness (frequency of behavior)

6. Stability (aggression is temporary)

7. responsibility (blaming people for outburst)

Thought Substitution

replace obsessions, self-degrading, and self-defeating thoughts with other coping thoughts

2 Important factors when working with agression

- safety

- law

Physical restraint and Seclusion

- avoid whenever possible

- only use in imminent threat of danger

- have traumatic effects on students and you

ASPEN Model Use

- train people who work with aggressive behavior a framework to function from

ASPEN Model Steps

- Assess situation

- Select course of action

- Physical assistance necessary

- Explain and engage

- Neutrally disengage

Motivational Interviewing

Explicit steps to build relationship with challenging kids

Motivational interviewing Steps

S: self efficacy

E & E: express empathy

R: roll with resistance

E: engage

D: develop discrepancy (change their goals so that there is discrepancy btwn goals and behavior and they will start to change their behavior.

Stages of Student Considering Change

1. precontemplation

2. contemplation

3. preparation

4. action

5. maintenance

Knowing When to Pivot

keep ultimate and high level goals the same but you can change and modify low level goals to better fit student needs