December Monthly Training

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• Challenging Behaviour
• In The Streets 

Challenging Behaviour
ABCs
- Antecedent (trigger)
- Behaviour
- Consequence

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• Antecedent - what occurs before
• Behaviour - an observable, measurable individual act
• Consequence - event that follows the behaviour

Antecedent (trigger)
- Pay close attention to:

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The activity

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The peer(s)
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The environment

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• Prevention over classroom management
• Better to prevent 
• Than to deal with it (classroom management)

Behavior:
bad attitude
fidgeting/hitting
shouting/yelling
non-cooperative
not following instructions

Consequence
- Reinforcement
- Punishment (star nazi)

4 steps
- Analyze
- Prevent
- Teach new skills
- Change your response

Analyze
-> Determine trigger and function
Prevent
-> Change environment, transitions, task demands

Teach new skills
-> figure out behaviour the child should use
Change the response
-> to prevent reinforcement, no ineffective behaviour