STUDENT
MANAGEMENT
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PREVENT PROBLEM BEHAVIORS
Know your students
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PREVENT PROBLEM BEHAVIORS
Establish Expectations
• Post the rules
• Go over the rules
• Be a positive role model
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RESPOND EFFECTIVELY
First things first
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RESPOND EFFECTIVELY
Is Your Student Anxious?
Be
Supportive
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RESPOND EFFECTIVELY
Is your student DEFENSIVE?
Be
Directive
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BE DIRECTIVE!!!
Here are some intervention tools…
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BE DIRECTIVE
Non Verbal Communication
Watch your
• Body language
• Facial expressions
• Gestures
• Allow personal
space
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BE DIRECTIVE
Para verbal Communication
The way you say it makes a difference
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BE DIRECTIVE
Integrated Experience
Your attitude
is very
important
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BE DIRECTIVE
Rational Detachment
Keep it
together
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INTERVENTION SKITS
Watch for these Strategies or Tools…
• Nonverbal Communication
 Personal space, body language
• Para verbal Communication
 Tone of voice, use of words
• Integrated Experience
 Attitude
• Rational Detachment
 Calm and in control
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BE DIRECTIVE
Set Limits
Be clear and reasonable
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BE DIRECTIVE
Set Limits - 5 Step Approach
1. Explain which behavior is inappropriate
2. Explain why behavior is inappropriate
3. Give reasonable choices with
consequences
4. Allow time for student to choose
5. Enforce consequences
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VIDEO:
Trouble on Board
Managing Crisis Situations
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BE PREPARED TO RESPOND
Is Your Student
Acting Out Violently?
Violence Response
Procedures
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BE PREPARED TO RESPOND
FIGHTS
Five Tactics
1. Pull over
2. Use distraction
3. Verbal intervention
4. Evacuate if necessary
5. Summon assistance
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RESPONSE TO ASSAULTS
Be Prepared!
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RESPONSE TO ASSAULTS
Two Types of Assaults
1. Grab
2. Strike
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RESPONSE TO WEAPONS
Have a Plan.
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RESPONSE TO WEAPONS
Five Strategies
1. Stay calm
2. Don’t disarm or restrain
3. Talk quietly, even tone
4. Negotiate
5. Time is your ally
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RESPOND EFFECTIVELY
Tension Reduction
Situation
Cools Down
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RESPOND EFFECTIVELY
Therapeutic Rapport
• Support
• Encourage
• Prevent future
crisis
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SUMMARY
• Know your students
• Establish expectations
• Identify problems
• Respond to problems
• Keep yourself and students safe
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SUMMARY
• If anxious, be supportive
• If defensive, direct with options
• Ways to act out:
 Fights
 Assaults
 Weapons
• Safety first for students and self
• During calm down – resolve issues
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EVALUATION
1. Name three ways to appreciate
and respect your students.
• Know student’s names
• Greet daily
• Be a positive role model
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EVALUATION
2. Name three ways to establish
expectations.
• Post rules
• Explain rules
• Set limits
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EVALUATION
3. Name the four levels of problem
behavior.
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Anxiety
Defiance
Acting out
Tension reduction
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EVALUATION
4. What are the four responses to
problem behavior?
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Supportive
Directive
Responsive
Therapeutic rapport
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EVALUATION
5. Name two intervention strategies.
• Non-verbal
• Para –verbal
• Rational detachment
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EVALUATION
6. Name the two different types of
physical assault.
• Strike
• Grab
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EVALUATION
7. Identify two ways to respond to
being confronted with a weapon.
• Stay calm
• Talk quietly
• Negotiate
• Time is your ally
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THE END
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