Power Struggles
Restorative Practices
Refusal to Work
Eloping
100

How can you avoid a power struggle?

  • Using positive self-talk

  • Listening and validating feelings

  • Giving choices

  • Redirecting to a positive activity

  • Giving time to decide

  • Dropping or changing the expectation

100

A relational approach to building school climate and addressing student behavior is called

Restorative Discipline 

100

What strategy did we learn about today to help students who are struggling with academic work?

Hurdle help

100

What is eloping?

Exiting the classroom without permission or wandering outside the classroom

200

What are the signs of agitation?

  • Yelling 

  • Crying 

  • Pacing 

  • Rocking 

  • Clenching fists 

  • Withdrawing

200

The following actions are what type of consequences?

Warnings or threats

Giving punishments


Punitive

200

What is an example of an in-classroom break?

-Asking for a favor

-Teacher helper

-Quiet activity

-Calm down corner

200

When a student frequently leaves the classroom without permission, where should you NOT seat them?

BY THE DOOR!

300

After a stressful incident occurs, what is the next step in the power struggle cycle?

Student feelings

300

Instead of "I'm not going to tell you again" you could say...

Your behavior is making me feel like I need to take stronger action

300

What is a way adults can offer hurdle help?

  • Start the task 

  • Demonstrate how to break the task down into smaller steps

  • Make it more manageable and less overwhelming

300

When walking in the hall, how could you prevent a student from running away?

Hold their hand

400

What continues the cycle of a power struggle after a behavior has occurred?

Adult's response

400

What could a restorative consequence be for a student who is disrupting class?

Apologize to the teacher and students 

Assisting the teacher with classroom supervision or clean-up

400
If a student is struggling with a writing task, how could you support them?

-Teacher copy of notes

-Sentence starters

-Graphic organizer

-Tracing

-Reduce the task

400

Where could you find the safety plan for a student?

-Ask the teacher

-Student folder

-IEP

500

What should you ask yourself before responding to a student?

What am I feeling? 

What does the child feel, need, or want? 

How is the environment affecting the child? 

How do I best respond? 

500

According to the social discipline window, we are aiming for...

High structure and limits with a high level of support and care

500

When hurdle help does not work, what other options can you give students who refuse to do the work?

  • Give choices

  • Redirecting to a positive activity

  • Giving ample wait time to decide

  • Drop or change the expectation

500

What would you suggest to a teacher who wants to manage the environment better for a student who elopes?

-Seating arrangements

-Desk near the door

-Bells/ Noise on door

-Create obstacles