2010-07-27

Methods to decrease behaviour

As long as the behaviour is not causing harm to oneself or others a strategy to decrease can be to ignore the inappropriate behaviour. This needs to be consistent and you need to completely ignore the behaviour.

Time out is also an effective strategy to decrease behaviour. Walker and Shea discuss three different forms of time out these being 1. Observation: this could be “head-down on a desk”. 2. Exclusion is where the student is sent where they cannot participate in the activity it is not a place outside of the classroom. 3. Seclusion is where you use a time out room that involves the student leaving the room for a period of time (1984, page 102).

Students should know the classroom and school rules and the consequences of breaking the rules. Where possible the rules should be displayed or frequently discussed so that way children don’t forget the rules. Time out can be used for breaking rules but consideration must be made to consistency and also not over using time out where it starts to lose meaning and effectiveness. Walker and Shea mention that the time allocation on time out is important and that five minutes should be the maximum amount of time as to long or to brief a period can be in-effective.

Reference list

Walker. J., Shea. T. (1984) Behavior Management a practical approach for educators. United States of America, Times Mirror/Mosby College Publishing.

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