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Challenge
Initial Thoughts
Perspectives & Resources

What strategies can educators implement to prevent or address challenging behaviors?

  • Page 1: Strategies to Address Challenging Behaviors
  • Page 2: Behavior-Specific Praise
  • Page 3: Precorrection
  • Page 4: Active Supervision
  • Page 5: High-Probability Requests
  • Page 6: Opportunities to Respond
  • Page 7: Choice Making
  • Page 8: Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior

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  • Page 9: References & Additional Resources
  • Page 10: Credits
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Addressing Challenging Behaviors (Part 2, Secondary): Behavioral Strategies

Assessment

Take some time now to answer the following questions. Please note that the IRIS Center does not collect your Assessment responses. If this is a course assignment, you should turn them in to your professor using whatever method he or she requires. If you have trouble answering any of the questions, go back and review the Perspectives & Resources pages in this module.

  1. What are low-intensity strategies and how can they help educators address challenging behaviors?
  2. What is differential reinforcement of alternative behavior? Explain how to implement with an example.
  3. A teacher wants to reinforce positive behaviors using behavior-specific praise.
    1. Explain what behavior-specific praise is and how it differs from general praise.
    2. Give one example of behavior-specific praise.
  4. For each of the scenarios below:
    1. Identify two low-intensity strategies that would be appropriate. Note: You cannot use the same strategy more than once, so be sure to read the scenarios first and plan carefully.
    2. Explain how the teacher can implement them to reduce the students’ challenging behaviors.

Scenario A: Mr. Jimenez has some students who often argue over the use of equipment during activities in physical education class. On two occasions, these arguments have led to shouting, pushing, and even a physical fight between two students.

Scenario A
Low-intensity Strategy Explanation

 

 

 

 

Scenario B: Ms. Lowrance has a student who often refuses to follow instructions and sometimes refuses to work on math activities. Other times the student refuses to work with a partner or in groups.

Scenario B
Low-intensity Strategy Explanation

 

 

 

 

Scenario C: Ms. Sahbae, a new science teacher, notices that some of her students are consistently off-task during instruction. She has three or four students who frequently answer questions and engage in instruction. She wants to implement strategies that will increase student participation and help all of her students stay engaged and on-task.

Scenario C
Low-intensity Strategy Explanation

 

 

 

 

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