Good Behavior Game

What is the Good Behavior

Game?

Who does it work for?

The Good Behavior Game can be used for any

classroom but it is recommended to be used for
The Good Behavior Game is a strategy for
a first or second grade classroom. It is best
limiting the negative behaviors in the
used at earlier grade levels because the
classroom and promoting positive behavior. It
purpose is to teach acceptable behaviors that
works by splitting the class into two separate
can be carried into higher grade levels. It also
teams and awarding points to a team if one of
works well for students with emotional or
its members displays negative or inappropriate
behavior disorders as well as students with
behavior. At the end of the day, the team with
ADHD. It helps students overcome
the fewest number of points is awarded a group
inappropriate behavior in the classroom by
prize.
Steps for Implementing the Good
Behavior Game:
positively reinforcing them with a group prize
for good behavior. It also helps students learn
Step 1: Schedule the game.
to work together due to the team structure of
The teacher will decided when the gamethe
willgame.
be played. Try scheduling it during a
period in which the students are expected to show appropriate academic behavior
such as content instruction.
Step 2: Decide and clearly define which negative behaviors will be scored.
Try to focus on those negative behaviors that are usual in your class and list them
along with a definition. It would be best to create a defined list that can be
displayed in the classroom for all students to see.
Step 3: Decide what the rewards for good behavior will be.

Benefits:

Tips:

The teacher must decide what the rewards will be for the winning team and
whether
or not the rewards
weekly.
Helps students avoid
inappropriate
behaviorwill be daily or
Post
rules of the game somewhere in the
classroom
4: Introduce
the game to the class.
Promotes Step
acceptable
behavior
Announce when a point has been scored
The teacher must introduce the game to the class and clearly explain the rules.
Promotes team work
Allow the students to ask questions in order
clear of
upeach
any misconceptions
and
Postto
scores
team
Decreases the chance
of inappropriate
then divide
the class into two separate teams.
classroom behavior occurring later in higher
Play game during periods when appropriate
Step 5: Start game.
levels
academic behavior is expected
The instructor will conduct class as usual with the exception of noting and scoring
the inappropriate behavior of each team. It is recommended to post the scores of
each team somewhere in the classroom so both teams can see where they stand.
If the teacher chooses, they can publicly announce when a team has earned a
point for inappropriate behavior to remind the class what of acceptable behavior.

Handout is professional, clear, and enticing: 1-page 2-sided (no glue or

staples with the strategy name clear.
Reference citations must be in APA (6th ed do not included retrieved
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References:
Donaldson, J. M., Wiskow, K. M., & Soto, P. L. (2015). Immediate and Distal Effects of the
Good Behavior Game.
Journal Of Applied Behavior Analysis, 48(3), 685-689.
Lastrapes, R. E. (2014). Using the Good Behavior Game in an Inclusive Classroom.
Intervention In School And
Clinic, 49(4), 225-229.
McKenna, J. W., & Flower, A. (2014). Get Them Back on Track: Use of the Good Behavior
Game to Improve Student Behavior. Beyond Behavior, 23(2), 20-26.