Tips: Challenging Behaviors
Using function based thinking and best practices to meet the needs of students
Tips for Specific Challenging Behaviors
Click on Specific Behaviors for Additional Information, Ideas and Strategies
Behavior Principles
Behavior Is:
A child’s attempt to solve a problem
Purposeful (serves a function)
A child’s way of communicating wants/needs/frustrations/etc
Function Based Thinking
Two Basic Functions:
Avoid/get away from something
Obtain/get something
Function is the "why" behind a student's behavior.
Understanding Crisis Behavior and De-Escalation
Goal:
To prevent behavior escalations or provide students with strategies (as they escalate) to help them get back to baseline without reaching a crisis
Tools and Resources:
Learn more about prevention and strategies to utilize throughout the crisis cycle: De-Escalation: Prevention and Response
Utilize the individualized crisis cycle for student specific planning: Sample Student Crisis Cycle with Adult ResponsesBlank Student Crisis Cycle and Adult Responses
