5. Teacher B noticed a child in her class who is withdrawn and seems to have few friends. This child also seems to be aggressive, taking his anger out on the other children. Teacher B realizes at least one of the many reasons for such behavior is…
Tom’s behavior often disrupts class. Yesterday he threw a dictionary across the room, knocked over his desk, kicked it, and began yelling obscenities at the teacher and the other students in the class (LD resource room). The teacher had to call for help from his ED resource room teacher to calm him down and safely remove him from the classroom.…
Multitasking can be beneficial or just a waste of time. In “How (and Why) to Stop Multitasking Peter Bregman and “In Defense of Multitasking” David Silverman, both bloggers explain their points of view on multitasking. Bregman explains the reasons why multitasking is bad “I will not deny that single-minded devotion often produces high quality. Nor will I attempt to join the misguided (and scientifically discredited) many who say “Yeah, other people can’t do it, but I am super awesome at doing ten things at once” (656) he explained. Silverman strongly believes that as human beings we have the habit of always trying to do as many tasks or get more time out of a 24 hour day.…
Mrs. Blockhouse, the principal at Bertha Barber Elementary School, called the offices of “Hope Is Here” with a request for an intervention plan. Bertha Barber has an 8 year old, Caucasian boy, named David, with whom teachers and aides have described as having “aggressive and disruptive” behaviors. Aggressive behavior is behavior that causes physical or emotional harm to others, or threatens to (Gabbey, 2013). Disruptive behavior is defined as behaviors that hamper the ability of instructors to teach and students to learn (Disruptive Classroom Behaviors, n.d.). These behaviors have been on going for 6 months. David was an ideal…
Case Description The subject of the meeting for the Behavioural Intervention Plan (BIP) is Asher Collins, a 12-year old African-American male student at Caledonia Elementary School in Caledonia, Mississippi whose parents have recently gotten a divorce. School records coupled with other information sources reveal a long history of disciplinary issues and poor academic performance. These reports indicate that this student has had repeated incidences of class disruption in addition to showing aggressive behaviour and being non-compliant even to the school staff. Due to this behaviour, the student has previously been charged with a number of suspensions for using profane language, the physical aggression of his peers, and possessing dangerous weapons in school.…
Dominick is a third grade student attending Lake forest Elementary School of the Arts and Sciences. He participates with non-disabled peers in an inclusion classroom for the majority of the day. Dominick has leadership abilities, but allows his defiant behavior to hinder his ability to become an effective leader. He is able to do grade level work. However, when off task Dominick displays defiant behaviors such as refusing to follow directions, screaming out loud while the teacher is presenting a lesson, using profanity and walking out of the classroom without permission. He requires constantly redirection, close proximity and one-on-one support and/or small group (3-5 students) to stay focus.…
Intervention Central. (n.d.). School-wide strategies for managing...OFF - TASK / INATTENTION | Intervention Central. Retrieved from http://www.interventioncentral.org/behavioral-interventions/challenging-students/school-wide-strategies-managing-task-inattention…
It was typically involving a student with developmental disabilities, like nonverbal or autistic students, and their school caretakers. Often times, these children were aggressive and the teachers/aides could not get them to calm down no matter what was tried. There was a case involving two non-verbal students, one report and one unreported, taking part in self-injurious behavior as a means of getting their way (Newman & Reinecke, 2007, p.25). The authors used the concepts of positive and negative reinforcement to explain to the caretakers why the behavior has continued for so long and how they can fix it. The use of behavior analytic principles is justified by the need to return to a “normal” set of behavior. In most of the cases presented, the inappropriate behaviors demonstrated were disruptive and/or harmful to the other students in the class. Certain behaviors were harmful to the student himself/herself or they were slowing down the learning process. The authors and their colleagues went in and did what they were trained to do in order to help these students and caretakers get on the right…
As a component of Response to Intervention (RtI), PBS provides the tools that are essential for stabilizing and improving a student’s behavior, self-esteem, and relationship in general education classes as well as inclusive settings (Burton & Kappenberg, 2012). As a system within RtI, PBS shifts the burden on the teacher from competency to “manage” the class and “control” the students’ disruptive behavior to identifying causes of inappropriate behavior, encouraging positive behaviors and monitoring interventions (Burton & Kappenberg, 2012). By implementing PBIS, the teacher has a unique and important role in each students schooling. PBS is based on understanding why problem behaviors occur and it gives educators and parents a new way to think about behaviors.…
According to Lauren Shinozuka, in her essay, “The Dangers of Digital Distractedness,” we are a digital generation. She asserts we are celebrated for our aptitude in effortless interactions with society through technology. However, the author questions the effect that this mass use of digital media has on societal and personal interactions and suggests we are alienating ourselves from those around us. She offers the point that we have developed an obsession with high-tech communication and are afflicted by fruitlessly attempting to do too many things at once, as well as automating our interpersonal interactions, disconnecting from genuine contact, and promoting a falsified version of…
Multitasking is something that most teens do in their everyday life. Whether it is during studying time, hangout time, or even family time, teens tend to engage in multiple tasks at the same time. Rebecca A. Clay, the author of Mini-Multitaskers, also agrees with this concept. Her overall main point throughout the article is that Multitasking prevents teens form learning and retaining information. In the article, it is made evident of where she stands. Clay makes it blatantly obvious that she feels as though multitasking has a negative effect on the brain as well as the learning development. Clay uses statistics such as “…According to a 2006 Kaiser Family Foundation…
Multitasking in my opinion can be a good thing but also a bad thing. Researchers say many teens and children under the age 18 are more likely to multitask compared to mature adults. Technology has been the cause of young teens not paying full attention. Teenagers feel that they will miss out on important information so this messes with teen’s concentration. The brain cannot be at two places at one time. “Not only can people not process two tasks simultaneously, but it also takes longer to multitask than it would to do the individual tasks one after the other”, according to Steven G. Yantis. When a person tries to the do two things that require critical thinking and decision making, a delay is at the second task. When people multitask they are the ones that tend to forget or not remember what was done and get distracted easily.…
In conclusion, the two interventions mentioned, the check in & check out and the school wide positive behavioral interventional support method. Has proven to help decrease behavioral problems in school settings. With the use of reinforcing material, that they can earn, encourage the student to want to behave better. When both interventions were compared from baseline behavior to the end of the intervention, the behavior decreased. In particular, I agreed and saw a lot of interesting points in Todd et al. (2008) paper. I Liked and agreed with the hierarchy value of points. Meaning, that they can spend their points quickly or accumulate the points for a higher prize. Which helps the children to learn about patients and to value the…
After completing the self- assessment, I need to work on multitasking when people are talking to me. Being a full-time mother of two, a full-time student, working part-time, planning a wedding and attempting to start a business, multitasking works in my favor. There is always something that needs to be started or completed in my world. after reading chapter one, I understand that even though my multitasking may work for me, it may not work for the people around me and I can miss something important being said because I am not giving my undivided attention to the person speaking to me. I plan on using the five steps below to improve my developmental needs.…
If a child is having behavior concerns, a school may offer a behavioral intervention, such as positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) or a behavior contract. For subjects like reading or math, there are instructional interventions. (These are sometimes called academic…