Title: Using the Good Behaviour Game* to Promote Positive Behaviour at School

Title:‘Using the Good Behaviour Game* to Promote Positive Behaviour at School’

Author:Dr. Jennifer Austin, University of SouthWales

Abstract:

One of the primary concerns raised by teachers is their lack of training on effective strategies for managingproblembehavioursintheirclassrooms.Withoutgoodclassroommanagementskills,teachers may rely on punitive strategies, as well as over-referring children for individualised interventions or special education services. This presentation will describe an evidence-based classroom management strategycalledtheGoodBehaviourGame.DevelopeddecadesagobyBarrish,Saunders,Wolf(1969), thisapproachtopromotingpositivebehaviouratschoolhasgarneredawealthofresearchtosubstantiate bothimmediateandlong-termeffectsonbehaviour.Thispresentationwillreviewsomeofthatresearch, in addition to demonstrating how the Game can be adapted to various learner and teacher preferences. (*This presentation is not associated with PAXIS or the PAX Good BehaviourGame.)

Jennifer L. Austin, Ph.D., BCBA-D has been applying the science of behaviour analysis to improve outcomes for children and their teachers for nearly twenty years. Both her research and clinical work focus on how behaviour analytic assessment and intervention strategies can be applied with typically developing children, as well as examining what adaptations may be necessary for making our science “work” in mainstreamclassrooms.ShehasworkedwithnumerousschoolsintheUSandtheUK, focusingprimarilyonthoseindisadvantagedcommunities.ShereceivedherPhDfrom the Florida State University and currently serves as Principal Lecturer in PsychologyattheUniversityofSouthWales,wheresheleadstheBehaviourAnalysisUnitanddirectsundergraduate and postgraduate programmes in behaviour analysis. Prior to moving to the United Kingdom, Jenn servedasfacultyattheUniversityofSouthFlorida,CaliforniaStateUniversity,FresnoandtheUniversity ofHouston,ClearLake.SheisthepastPresidentoftheUKSocietyforBehaviourAnalysisandaformer Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and Behavior Analysis inPractice.