Success Stories
What make a SUPERstaff member for children with challenging behavior?
Self-aware, flexible, empathic, calm, neutral, get down on their level, supportive stance (HWC model), Q-TIP, looking for next moves, connection seeker, validate feelings
What are the four common functions of behavior?
What is sensory, escape, attention, tangible
DTT stands for...
Discrete Trial Training
Which of the following is NOT an example of a prompt?
-Full Physical
-Model
-Voice Volume (speaking normal vs. whisper)
-Gestural Prompt
What is voice volume
When waiting for the buses to arrive, we should...
Assist any and all students getting off the bus
Show time: Describe a scenario in your room or in past you didn't know what to do?
Group from solution
Establish safety, function, verbal judo, establish future
We approach behaviors standing far far away, hands on hips and huffy and puffy showing the student your frustration. TRUE or FALSE
What is false! Suggestions on what to do instead?
ABA stands for...
What rooms do we use ABA in?
Applied Behavior Analysis
ALL rooms! How?
True or False: Data does not need to be collected immediately if you have great memory.
What is false. Goes for behavior and DTT
What is CODE YELLOW?
A team that has been Handle with Care training in verbal and physical de-escalation. That will respond to the dangerous behavior when support is needed by the team. shelter in place is called
What do you do to the environment if a child is escalated in unwanted behaviors?
Breathe, Remove any dangerous objects calmly, decide what strategies to use and/or call for help, decide what to do with other students.
Dont allow an audience, trap yourself against a wall, dont get into a power struggle, establish limits, win the war not the battle.
Act it out: A student is walking in the hall and drops to the floor. What do you do next?
Practice hand placement when holding hands, prompting to walk.
ensure safety, alert the teacher, find the function and motivation, visuals MAY help, what else?
What is Manding, tacting, Echoic, Listener responding and Intraverbal?
Manding: Requesting something
Tacting: Labeling something
Echoic: Repeating what someone said
Listener Responding: Following a direction
Intraverbal: Conversation building
How do we react to a tantrum behavior? WHat is the balance of under-reacting and over-reacting?
ACT IT OUT!
Under-reacting: ignoring everything, saying "you're fine", letting too much slide.
Over-reacting: Drama over a toe stub, restraint not needed, over prompting, set off behaviors, too much support
"Calmness is KEY"-Which lead para says this?
Ms. Mary!!!!! xoxoxo
What supportive things can you put in your toolbox to handle an attention seeking behavior?
Open up to the group for more strategies!
Ready stance, listen, accept emotions, focus on small wins, Encourage and have patience, offer choices, safety trumps all, redirect or distract to new toy/topic
NEVER promise something you cant deliver, DONT be scared to tap out to new person, NEVER deliver bad news without alternative fun thing.
Internal factors that can have a control on behavior can be...
Can you give us a classroom example?
anxiety, sickness, environment (noise/light), routine change, medication, weather, hunger, family dynamics
Ear infection. Child slapping ear.
What is ABC? How do we take data using ABC?
Antecedent, behavior, consequence
How to fill out a form?
How do we use prompting during play?
Discuss Prompting and playing in play centers.
model language, interact in their preferred play
What does CST stand for? Who are the members?
Child Study Team. Gina, Jess, Caitlin, and Sara
ROLE PLAY: Act out using a First/Then strategy on a student not wanting to clean up snack.
BRAVO BRAVO!
LETS VISUALIZE: Minnie is in centers and grabs a toy from a Mickey's hand. Mickey starts growling and swats at her.
What is Minnie's function?
What is Mickey's function?
How do we handle it?
*Open for discussion*
In a room that does DTT, what should we know about the daily data sheet with the + and - and grid things?
Open for discussion. Show a daily data sheet.
Act out an example of using least to most prompting with a student when washing hands
*open for discussion*
What is a VB-MAPP and how do we use it for DTT?
VB-MAPP is a milestones assessment the teachers use for ABA programming. Results from the assessment are used to create programs for daily teaching