1. Discuss 3 Strategies that you could adopt to help manage challenging behaviour.
Karen Beach
42 Timberleys,
Littlehampton
BN17 6QB
Course: Teaching Assistant
Student Number: MD1111690
Assignment 8
1. Discuss 3 Strategies that you could adopt to help manage challenging behaviour.
Adopting strategies to manage behaviour within a school largely depends on the whole school policy for behaviour management.
An appropriate response to challenging behaviour depends on the type of behaviour being exhibited by a child. Any response to challenging behaviour should be consistent, fair and necessary to manage the behaviour. A considered proactive response is likely to be more effective than one which is merely reactive and which may be influenced by an emotional response to the incident.
A whole class behaviour chart works well in some classes. The children start off in one position and move if their behaviour is inappropriate. E.g. Traffic light system- all children start the day on the green light. Inappropriate behaviour moves them to the amber light with a warning. If another incident occurs they move to the red light and a predetermined sanction is put in place. This could be losing golden time, being sent to a link class or similar.
Another response to repetitive low level disruption is to quite simply ignore it. This could be effective in dealing with annoying behaviour such as whining, pouting, screaming or tantrums. By ignoring the behaviour the child will learn that it is not effective and doesn’t get them any attention. This is especially successful when children are seeking negative attention.
Sometimes when there is an incident of misbehaviour a strategy used is time out. This may be seating them at a table alone, or moving them to another link class. The time out should be away from the other children, but in the view of the teacher. An appropriate amount of time for time out is the child’s age plus 2 minutes. Children will test the limits initially with this procedure, but when followed through repeatedly it is a
42 Timberleys,
Littlehampton
BN17 6QB
Course: Teaching Assistant
Student Number: MD1111690
Assignment 8
1. Discuss 3 Strategies that you could adopt to help manage challenging behaviour.
Adopting strategies to manage behaviour within a school largely depends on the whole school policy for behaviour management.
An appropriate response to challenging behaviour depends on the type of behaviour being exhibited by a child. Any response to challenging behaviour should be consistent, fair and necessary to manage the behaviour. A considered proactive response is likely to be more effective than one which is merely reactive and which may be influenced by an emotional response to the incident.
A whole class behaviour chart works well in some classes. The children start off in one position and move if their behaviour is inappropriate. E.g. Traffic light system- all children start the day on the green light. Inappropriate behaviour moves them to the amber light with a warning. If another incident occurs they move to the red light and a predetermined sanction is put in place. This could be losing golden time, being sent to a link class or similar.
Another response to repetitive low level disruption is to quite simply ignore it. This could be effective in dealing with annoying behaviour such as whining, pouting, screaming or tantrums. By ignoring the behaviour the child will learn that it is not effective and doesn’t get them any attention. This is especially successful when children are seeking negative attention.
Sometimes when there is an incident of misbehaviour a strategy used is time out. This may be seating them at a table alone, or moving them to another link class. The time out should be away from the other children, but in the view of the teacher. An appropriate amount of time for time out is the child’s age plus 2 minutes. Children will test the limits initially with this procedure, but when followed through repeatedly it is a