Elopement
This behavior occurs when a student walks or runs away from the instructional area without permission from an adult.
Answer: What is elopement?
Screaming is defined as any vocalization above this level in response to work, an instruction, or being denied access.
What is conversational level?
Aggression against others occurs when the student makes contact with another person using these body parts.
What are hands or feet?
Aggression against objects occurs when the student makes contact with an object using these body parts.
What are hands or feet?
If a student resists physical prompts, staff should keep the prompts in place without doing this.
What is using force?
When responding to elopement, staff should do this instead of running toward the student.
What is walk toward the student?
When a student screams, staff should avoid providing this.
What is attention?
The first response to an attempt at aggression against another person is to do this.
What is block the aggression?
Name one example of aggression against objects.
What is swiping materials off a table/desk or throwing an item not intended to be thrown?
Saying "no" or "I don't want to" can be examples of this behavior.
What is non-compliance?
After elopement occurs, staff should provide the student with this direction.
What is “Go back to the instructional area”?
True or False: Staff should tell the student to lower their voice when they scream.
What is False?
During aggression against others, staff should avoid using this because it may escalate the behavior.
What is language?
When aggression against objects occurs, staff should remove these from the student’s immediate environment.
What are items that may be swiped or thrown?
When non-compliance occurs, the adult should first do this.
What is provide the direction again?
If the student does not follow the direction to return, staff should do this while walking with the student back to the instructional area.
What is hold the student’s hand and walk with them back?
Instead of engaging in a back-and-forth conversation during screaming, staff should redirect the student back to this.
What is the current activity or instruction?
After blocking aggression, staff should move far enough away that the student cannot make contact but remain close enough to do this if necessary.
What is provide assistance?
When providing prompts after aggression against objects, where should the staff member position themselves?
What is directly behind the student?
Name one type of prompt that can be used when a student continues to refuse.
What is a verbal, gestural, or physical prompt?
True or False: The instructional area only means the student’s assigned desk.
What is False? The instructional area includes wherever the student is receiving classroom instruction, such as the rug or seat.
A student screams after being told they cannot have a preferred item. The student continues yelling at the staff member. What should the staff member avoid doing?
What is engaging in a back-and-forth interaction or providing attention to the screaming?
A student attempts to hit a peer. Staff blocks the attempt and moves the student away from the peer. Once the situation is safe, what should staff do next?
What is redirect the student back to the current activity or instruction?
After the student has engaged in aggression against objects and the situation is safe, staff may prompt or direct the student to do this.
What is pick up the items?
If disruptive behavior begins to increase during non-compliance, the student may receive a break lasting approximately this long before starting again at Step 1.
What is 1–2 minutes?