The purpose of my experiment was to change my study habits. Before beginning the assignment I started off only studying my classwork for about 1 to 2 hours a day. I readily noticed that this behavior needs to change to at least 3 to 4 hours a day, so I figured out a plan. The basic approach I used to change this behavior was to start going to the library more often rather than leaving and going straight home after class. I also started taking better class notes so that I could have something to review over than just my text book. By me putting in more hours of study time I should see a better outcome in my grades by the end of the semester.…
Since Challenger K8 has 9 grade levels, we need to specialize the plan of actions for that particular grade level population and use variety of methods. PBIS is a school-wide behavioral system that identifies needs for tier II, or III services. “When prevention systems are already in place for all students, it becomes easy to identify those who are at risk for academic difficulties” (Blanksein, p. 133, 2013). Challenger has a school-wide tier I system of CHOMP behavior- CHOMP is acronym for C-courteous, H-honest, O-on time, M-mindful, P-positive. With the CHOMP expectations laid out, teachers can identify students who may need more support academically and behaviorally. SWAMP time, Peer Mentoring and some of the Guidance meetings are considered…
If one child is praised (for example, for tidying up) others are often influenced to copy or join in so that they, too, will receive praise and attention. For young children, the reward must be immediate so that they understand the link between it and the positive behaviour. It is of little value to promise a treat or reward in the future. Similarly, star charts and collecting points are not appropriate for children younger than five years old. There are problems associated with rewards in that some children and young people may behave in a particular way purely to receive the reward rather than from an understanding of the need to consider safety, others and their environment or enjoying what they have achieved for its own sake. The type of reward also needs to be considered; for example, is it desirable for children and young people to be given sweets as rewards? Some parents may have strong views about this. Rewards might work in the short term, but do not always succeed in the long term. They might even undermine lifelong learning by encouraging children and young people to seek reward, rather than be disposed to learn because something is…
This week’s article discussed PBIS strategy to improving academic and behavior alike. This article covered rules, rewards, ways to boost school-wide behavior, and improving academics. This program is a long-term program in which all involved must buy into it. Based on research there are many pros and a few cons of this improvement strategy.…
What is a behavioral support plan you ask? Behavioral Support Plans (BSP) assist a broad range of students deemed by the school to require additional support and guidance. (www.education.vic.gov.au). Of course these are only created after assessments are carefully conducted and reviewed thoroughly among the teacher, any other school faculty needed, student involved, and student’s family. Specific plans can be created for students who have been diagnosed or display severe behavior disorders, require additional assistance due to the difficult, challenging,…
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Having a Problem Prevention Plan is the fundamental element in any educational setting. I trust that if learners are in a safe environment, then learning can take place. This doesn’t essentially result in disciplining behavior problems, however rather an amalgamation of setting the tone in a class, preventing conduct problems with thought-provoking, engaging curriculums and efficiently incorporating all learners in the classroom so that each learner needs are met. Creating the right situation for all learners to learn is my key goal of effecting a good classroom Problem Prevention Plan --without it the learners would not be able to learn.…
Exercise is an important part of maintaining physical and psychological health for all ages and populations. Despite its importance many populations, such as students, do not incorporate exercise into their daily routine (Reed & Phillips, 2005). In fact, the majority of university students are either not active or do not have a regular exercise regimen (Reed & Phillips, 2005) which can negatively impact their academic studies based on the research between exercise and learning (Misra & McKean, 2000). Exercise is just a small factor in a bigger problem that university students and the young…
Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is not a modification plan for students with difficult behaviors; it is a system for modifying the environment; as well as the way that teachers respond to these difficult behaviors. "Such environmental interventions, in turn, serve to make problem behavior less effective, efficient, and relevant and desired behavior more functional" (http://www.ldonline.org ). Teachers first should utilize a functional behavioral assessment in order to determine if there may be different reasons for similar behaviors. If behaviors originate from two different motives, each behavior should be dealt with using different support plans. Steps in assessing such behaviors are: Define the problem, answer key questions, observe and record antecedents, behaviors, and consequences, develop a plan, use the plan, revise the plan (Positive Behavioral Supports for Special Educators). PBS plans are being implemented nation wide to prevent and correct undesirable behaviors by first assessing what invoked the behavior.…
My behavior changes were set to tackle my eating habits and the lack of water I was consuming. I chose to change my eating habits because I noticed that although my weight gain wasn’t significant, I was constantly feeling out of energy. I decided to lean towards items such as organic produce, whole-wheat, lean proteins, and low fat dairy options. Likewise, I figured that drinking more water, an essential nutrient, would reenergize my body and make me feel full. Thus, I wasn’t tempted to stop by Del Taco for their irresistible french fries. As a result, this Evidence-Based Behavior Change Project was successful and positively impacted my life.…
The behavior modification project is used to work toward better health habits. The project required me to observe my unhealthy behavior over a period of time. Also, it requires to create punishments and rewards for said behavior. It is meant for us to modify our bad behaviors by retaining them and creating new heathier habits. Alexia Johnson has been my partner and supporter for this project. The bad behavior I chose was watching excessive television. My punishment consisted of ten squats per minute of television I watch and my reward was to have a home cooked meal with my peers, which I do not get to do often because I am busy watching television.…
Attached is my schedule for this week. I will start observing the intervention classrooms this week. Today at CELC we saw some of our youngest learners working with initial sounds, word families, building sentences and discussing the parts of plants. Some of the vocabulary and concepts the students were learning included; soil, nutrients, nourishment, stem, roots, etc. It was very exciting to hear students respond to questions that required them to apply a skill or think critically about how the parts of a plant provide nourishment for growth.…
There are many reasons why young children have challenging behaviors. These reasons, or functions, for behaviors are serving a purpose for that child. It is our job as educators to figure out what those functions are so they can be prevented or managed, in the case of disruptive or dangerous behaviors, or reinforced and encouraged, in the case of those positive behaviors we would like to see flourish. The way to do this is to determine the function of a behavior, implement an individual behavioral support plan, be consistent with it, and maintain the results once you acquire them.…
PBIS are also, the main focus amongst faculty in which they have certain expectations as far as behavior is concerned going in the right direction and leading into the beginning of the year and throughout the school day. Also, PBIS main goal is for positive behavior to be reinforced. PBIS are also, helpful while constructing a positive behavior support plan. In this particular plan one would set: procedures, positive consequences, rewards, continuum of negative consequences, behavior crisis plan and a medical crisis plan. (http://www.pbis.org/common/pbisresources/presentations/B8_Newcomer.pdf) The next thing which makes PBIS special would be its ability in order to help students cope with things with special social skills teaching which five to fifteen percent of kids are placed in this category. Once PBIS are installed and they tend to become familiarized throughout the classroom or school, more routines can be incorporated in addition to more challenging work. This also helps the teachers feel more confident in their teaching and therefore can teach effectively in order to improve their students’ performance. When the student or students get well adapted and the teacher feels…
Discovering the behavior wish to increase and why, the types of reinforcements I plan to use and why, the type and schedule of reinforcement I will use and why, and lastly how I am going to assess the behavioral change…