Helpful strategies for dealing with emotional students with challenging

behaviors

Why are challenging behaviors so challenging??????

• Impulsivity- the inclination of an individual to initiate behavior without adequate acknowledgement of consequences for their actions.

2 types of Impulsivity

• Behavioral Impulsivity-• The things that you do.

These impulses are often the ones that students continue to do even after they have been told not to.

• Cognitive Impulsive- the things that you say.

• These behaviors are usually involve students not reasoning consequence beforehand and just guessing what may occur.

What does Impulsivity look like?

• Overreaction to minor situations• Rushing through activities• Acting without thoughts or planning• Interruptions that are off topic

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How do you teach the concept “stop and think”?????

Cause Effect

• If I do this then that is likely to happen

Use preventive problem solving skills

• The students need to ask themselves the questions…..

What Happened?What did I do?

What should I have done? Next time I will…..

There are four basic steps in problem solving:

Ih Defining the problem: What was the trian and trigger and who was involved?

Come up with alternatives-

what could I have done in that situation that would have been better????

Selecting alternative behaviors and reactions.

Which choice would be good, better, best.

Implementing solutions: evaluate successful situations and focus

on good decision making

Good Decisions = Successfulness

Determine what makes you feel a certain way….

Things that make me blow my cool:

Examples: Math Tests Mean PeoplePeople making fun of me

Things that make me grumpy:

Examples• Loud noises • Crowds• Changes in my schedule

Things that make me happy:

Examples:

Reading booksListening to MusicComputer timePlaying outside

Come up with a personal planMelt down in Lost free time detentionMath Class

Next time Ican try

Asking for helpUse self-calming strategiesLay my head down and Then restart and Earn a breakCount to twenty and finish my work

Make sure there is praise provided when the student makes good

decisions• It is very important to acknowledge when the

students make good choices, use their coping skills, and makes the right decision in a difficult situation!

Summary

• When the trigger to behaviors is an Impulsive action.

The skill to teach is self- regulation.

The tools to use are those that teach stop and think!!!!