Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Strategiesyouwillusetopromoteandreinforceappropriatebehaviour.
Showandtell(Fox&Leniti,2006a)introducenewskill
- Explainnewskill(eg.takingturns)
- Demonstrateit
- Givepositivefeedback
- Opportunitiesforpractise
Givingencouragementgivespecificfeedbackverbal/visual/physicalfeedbacktothechild
whouseappropriatebehaviour.
YouhelpedAnnetopackupthesandpitandaskedyourfriendstohelptoo.Thatsvery
thoughtful!(achievement)
Seemslikeyouareveryupset.Howaboutwetalk?(difficulty)
(Fox&Leniti,2006a)
2.
Strategiesyouwillusetoaddressinappropriatebehaviour.
Usingpromptsgiveverbal,visualorphysicalpromptsasareminderortoredirect
(Fox&Lentini,2006a,p.5)
Prompts
Verbal Remembertouseyourwordsandasktoplayprivatelysaytothe
child
Visual Displaypicturesofdesiredbehavioursontheboard(1or2skills);refer
backtothepictureforappropriateaction.
Physical Usebodylanguagetoindicate/modeltheappropriatebehaviour.
Eg.Raiseyourownhandasareminder
Questioning:
Teachertalksprivatelytothatchildwhentheclassishavinggroupdiscussion.
Whatareyoudoing?Whatshouldyoubedoing
[name] , was it a good choice to talk to/ or act of disruption your friend when I was
explaining/teaching/talking/inclass?Whatmadeitabadchoice?
Teachergivesgoodfeedback/praisetothechild/childrenthatactivelymoveawayfromthe
sourceofdisruption.