KEYNOTE for Positive Interventions and Effective Strategies

2014-2015 School Term

Dr. Laura A. Riffel

Ten Rules of Behavior:

  1. Behavior is learned and serves a specific purpose (Bandura)
  2. Behavior is related to the context within which it occurs (Bambara & Knoster)
  3. For every year a behavior has been in place, we need to expect one month of consistent and appropriate intervention to see a change (Atchison)
  4. We can improve behavior by 80% just by pointing out what one person is doing correctly (Shores, Gunter, Jack)
  5. We use positive behavior specific praise about 6.25% of the time (Haydon, et al.)
  6. When we want compliance in our students we should whisper in their right ear (Live Science)
  7. All behavior has function and falls into two categories: To gain access to or to Escape from (Alberto & Troutman)
  8. To Gain Access- see chart below
  9. To Escape From- see chart below
  10. Your reaction determines whether a behavior will occur again. We have to change our behavior (Alberto & Troutman).

Functions of Behavior

To Gain / To Escape
Attention:
  • Peers
  • Adults
Access to preferred items or environmental controls
Sensory Integration (Input) / Work/Tasks/chores
People
  • Adults
  • Peers (Think bullying)
Pain
  • Emotional
  • Physical
Sensory (Overload)

The Three C’s

Communication-

  • Weekly Lesson Plans
  • Parents
  • SPED
  • Newsletters
  • Websites
  • Videos of Appropriate Behavior

Customer Service-

  • Our clients are parents and children
  • What do businesses do to increase productivity?
  • Research- Research-Research

Community-

How do we get everyone to feel like they are part of the greater community of our school?

TUMS

The T stands for:

The U stands for:

The M stands for:

The S stands for:

Research-

  • The positive effect of touch has been proven to increase compliance since Kleinke (1977)
  • 68% of students are more likely to be compliant when touched (Joule & Guéguen; 2007)
  • A student is less likely to drop out of school if adults know and use their name in a positive way (Bhaerman & Kopp; 1988)
  • Eye Contact- Engages mirror neurons which means the students will imitate you (Lindner, Echterhoff, Davidson, and Brand; 2010).
  • As a society, we have decrease eye contact by 63% since the 1950’s (Riffel, 2011).
  • Ghiora (2010) found that when teachers smile- students feel:
  • Free to ask questions
  • Safe, so learning can occur
  • A mood change (so do you)
  • “You’ve probably heard the saying, ‘Smile and the whole world smiles with you.’ This is actually based in research. When you smile, it triggers an effect that elicits smiles through mirror neurons. (Ghiora, 2010)
  • In a study by Allday and Pakurar (2007) measured teacher greetings on middle school students and found an increase in on-task behavior from 45% to 72% when teachers greeted students at the door at the beginning of the hour.