Behavioral Guidelines for Positive Interactions
What are the three key areas of behavioral guidelines for positive interaction?
What is Verbal, non-verbal, and programmatic.
What are the "slow trigger" conditions that increase the likelihood that a behavior will occur?
What are setting events.
What two key components are essential to our goal of crisis prevention?
What is Proactive Strategies and Observation Skills.
What skill do we use to identify and recognize fast triggers in our goal of crisis prevention?
What is observation skills.
When a child appears to be using their calming strategies and/or is experiencing some distress but appears able to handle it on their own, which response is appropriate?
What is the hang back response.
What vocal inflection is important in helping children understand whether you are pleased or displeased with their behavior?
What is your tone of voice.
What are the specific conditions or changes in the immediate environment ("fast triggers" which lead directly to the occurence of a behavior?
What are antecedents.
What can we put in place before the crisis begins?
What is Proactive Strategies.
What verbal and nonverbal cues can be observed when leading up to unsafe behaviors?
What are warning signs.
When a staff member wants to avoid drawing attention to a child's warning signs, what response are they using?
What is a minimal response.
What needs to match your verbal communication?
What is your facial expression.
Wake up time, bedtime, and transition time between activities are examples of which type of antecedents?
What is "time of day.
What is it called when we completely take away a trigger?
What is eliminate the trigger.
Crying, insults, cursing and silence are examples of what kind of warning signs?
What is verbal.
When a child is exhibiting higher intensity behaviors that could risk the safety and wellbeing of themselves and/or others, what response is most appropriate?
What is the Directive Response (not aggressive).
What do we promote when we keep team members apprised of important information and meet regularly to address educational issues?
What is good teamwork and communication.
Lack of family contact, lack of control or choice over daily decisions and activities, and changes/turnover in staff are examples of which kind of setting event?
What is environmental.
What is it called when we reduce stimulation and limit exposure to a trigger?
What is minimize the trigger.
The seven behavioral states of calm, trigger, agitation, acceleration, peak, calming down, and recovery are part of what acceleration process?
What is phases of escalation.
When you are observing the situation, determining your course of action, implementing your course of action, and checking the results of your action, you are using the what?
What is the Decision Loop/ Safe and Positive Approaches Decision Loop.
What is it when you acknowledge a child's feelings, needs, or wishes.
What is empathy.
Place these in the correct chronological order: antecedent, unsafe/challenging behavior, setting event
What is: SE - A - B
What can we do as educators to help children better cope with his/her distress?
What is teach the concept.
When a child is increasingly unfocused, upset, and losing their ability to process, they are in which phase?
What is the agitation phase.
When a child is experiencing distress and is having difficulty with their situation, they may benefit from which response?
What is the collaborative response.