Managing Problem Behavior

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• Managing Problem Behavior

Chapter 8
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3 Definitions.

• Behavior management
• Maintain positive relationships actions
• Manage or guide actions in an appropriate
  direction

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3 Definitions.

• Discipline
• Uses training to move from external control of
  behaviors to internal control or self-discipline
• Punishment to gain compliance with rules
• Ie. Time out take away activity privileges

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3 Definitions.

• Behavior Modification
• Uses reinforcement and operant conditioning to
• increase desirable behaviors and
• decrease undesirable behaviors
• Used in T.R. extensively
• Use - reinforcements

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What is bad behavior?

• Talking back
• Refusing to participate
• Disruptions
• Verbal abuse, whining, profanity, rude language
• Demanding leader attention
• Stealing, fighting
• Disrespecting others
• Sexual harassment leaders participants

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Acting Out2 reasons

• People generally act out to fulfill some personal
  need they have
• Lack of attention
• Lack of feelings of belonging
• Low self-esteem
• Personality conflicts with leaders participants
• Hiding abuse at home

Do not take bad behavior personally!
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Acting Out2 reasons

• Lack of skills by the leaders
• Leader was not interactive enough
• Not enough equipment
• Boredom
• Leader did not explain well enough
• Underskilled for activity to avoid failure

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Your task.

• Over a long period of timedeal with fulfillment
  of needs
• On a day to day basis, deal with leadership
  skills

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Goal Prevent problem behaviors encourage
positive behaviors
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What can leaders do?

• Use good leadership skills to minimize bad
  behavior
• Make behavior management an agency process
• Limit the use of punishment
• Limit the use of time out
• Modeling
• Structure the physical environment
• Clearly state privileges and rules
• Involve participants in setting rules
• Reinforce desirable behaviors
• Use Positive Reinforcement

Behavior Management Techniques
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What can leaders do?

• Be proactive
• Correcting undesirable behavior
• Target underlying causes of undesired behaviors
• Avoid a power struggle
• Give them choices rather than directives
• Use distance proximal control
• Eye contact
• Allow time for compliance
• Make 2 requests no morefollow through on
  consequences

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What can leaders do?

• Redirect the activity
• Establish routines
• Tolerate some misbehavior
• Challenge participants at the appropriate level
• Be inclusive of all participants
• Giving and expecting respect
• Avoid some activities

Behavior Management Techniques
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Behavior Management Tools

• What not to do
• Yell
• Physical abuse
• Nagging
• Lecture
• Shame or humiliate participant
• Set traps to catch the person
• Impose excessive guilt