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Children with Challenging Behavior
February 4, 2008
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
-Napoleon Bonaparte
- Individualized plans must be implemented consistently and for adequate periods of time to be effective.
- Behavior often gets worse before it gets better; and when it gets worse, teachers are often tempted to stop implementing the plan. However, if the plan is implemented consistently, this increase in challenging behavior should not last long. It will be important to provide staff with support through this initial period when behavior is likely to get worse.
- Just because behavior gets better does not mean the plan should be stopped. Often the behavior is better because of the plan being in place. Removing the plan may result in an increase in challenging behavior.
- When a behavior specialist or mental health consultant is available, the teacher and consultant should work together to develop a plan for supporting the child in the classroom and home as well as to provide any individual therapy the child might need.
- Program leaders should be aware of the extra time individualized plans will require on the part of the classroom staff. Extra support in the classroom and time to develop the plan and work with the team should be provided.
Exchange is proud to offer a new video product, Facing the Challenge, that provides insights from experts in the field on why children engage in challenging behaviors and what teachers can do when such behaviors occur in their classrooms. Facing the Challenge is an instructional, interactive DVD designed to help teachers learn how to prevent children’s use of difficult behaviors and develop intervention strategies to work with children who use challenging behaviors to meet their needs. Check out a video sample. The product has two DVDs with the following content:
Disc 1:
- What is challenging behavior?
- Developmentally appropriate behavior
- Why do kids misbehave?
- Parents as partners
- Skill Development Study #1
- Prevention strategies
- Behavioral Planning I
- Behavioral Planning II
- Intervention strategies
- Skill Development Study #2
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What can a teacher/director do when the parents of a child with "challenging" behavior refuse to even allow a specialist observe the child in the classroom? Without parental support, what can be done? Without qualified observation and planning, where is a teacher/director to turn?
Bright Beginnings Montessori Preschool
San Mateo, CA 94402, United States
I think one of the most important and challenging things to do is talking to parents. We need more training identifying a challenging behavior/learning challenge and then letting the parent know respectfully so that they/we can get early intervention for the child.
The sooner the better.
But we need the tools in order to do this
DivorceCare for Kids
Wake Forest, NC, United States
Great ideas and right on target EXCEPT for the fact the child care was left out of the picture. Many kids, even in public pre-k, still go to child care before and after school. Many children, especially kids with challenging behaviors, spend more of their waking hours in child care than they do at home. Who helps the child care worker?
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