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(b) The data for this study came from a sample of 6,988 children enrolled at 21 elementary schools that participated in a randomized trial of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS). This trial specifically included data on instances of

LO 1.2 Describe with examples the importance of all staff consistently and fairly applying boundaries and rules for children and young people’s behaviour in accordance with the policies of the setting.

NAEYC code of ethics are guidelines for childhood educators who teach and work with children from birth to eight years old. There are four main overlying points that the code supports. Child educators need to learn and be able to apply these codes. The first of these points deals with the different responsibilities that come with working directly with children. First off child educators need to feel comfortable working around children, if they feel comfortable the child will also feel comfortable. The educator needs to make sure there is room for academic growth by providing multiple opportunities for learning in a comfortable environment.

Verney Road State School has effectively established the SWPBS and continues to develop and improve strategies in place to ensure a school wide culture that promotes positive behavior. The PBS Implemenation Team at Verney Road State School is responsible for the implementation and monitoring of school wide behavior. As a school wide approach, it is essential that students have a clear and consistent understanding of school wide expectations. Teachers throughout the school should receive guidelines and action plans on how to facilitate these expectations. The school would be responsible for ensuring all staff are supported and have the resources and professional development to effectively implement the PBS practices in a classroom and across the school

The purpose of this paper is to research the use of the School-Wide Positive Behavior Support system while teaching students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). I am interested in learning the SWPBS model and if it is beneficial to use with ASD students. I would like to identify evidence-based practices for supporting students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the best ways to implement them within the school system.

EBIs to reduce disruptive behavior and increase academic achievement can include trainings and implementation support at the school, class-wide, and individual student-level, and are often either academic or behavioral in nature. Overall, implementation of both universal (i.e. class-wide) and targeted (i.e. student-level) interventions have demonstrated positive impacts on decreasing disruptive behaviors and increasing student academic achievement (Flower, McKenna, Bunuan, Muething, & Vega, 2014; Vannest, Davis, Davis, Mason, & Burke, 2010).Ross, Romer, and Horner (2012) also found that teachers in schools implementing Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports with high fidelity

The School-Wide Positive Behavior Support or SW-PBIS program is designed to teach behavior expectations in the same manner as any core curriculum subject. The main idea for the SW-PBIS program is for the school to focus on three to five positive behavior expectations rather than telling the students what not to do in the school atmosphere. The expectations and routines are enforced school-wide in each classroom and in non-classroom areas with the matrices posted throughout the school. These expectations and routines are taught through lesson plans at the beginning of the year in setting specific locations, such as lining up properly in the hallway using a hula hoop to demonstrate proper body space distance. The program also emphasizes positive behaviors through a recognition system of praise. Instead of always concentrating on misbehavior staff rewards appropriate behaviors with some kind of incentive. The Carl Junction School district uses this program by implementing the bark bonus program when staff notices appropriate behaviors at specials, in hallways, in the lunchroom, etc. A staff member gives a student or the whole a class bark bonus, eventually when each class receives a specified amount that classroom is rewarded. As a whole, the classroom votes on which reward they want, such as a movie, bring stuffed animal/blanket, wear pajamas, or play electronics during class.

Often students with disabilities struggle with perception of time, for example, if a parent says we will go to the movies after dinner, then a typical student understands this means in the evening. However, a student who struggles with the perception of time may become frustrated because after dinner the routine is to brush our teeth and get ready for bed. A visual schedule with a picture of dinner, movie, brushing teeth, helps the student to be able to put the movie in context with the standard routine. The use of the schedule helps the student to handle the transition change from the norm. This visual change in the routine helps adults to introduce the element of change into the student’s day. ("30 Reasons to Use and to Keep Using a Visual Schedule," 2003)

Relationships are key in infant-toddler care and education and they grow over time with interactions or as we have learned the "Three-R interactions" (Gonzalez-Mena & Widmeyer Eyer, Principles, Practice, and Curriculum, 2015). The Three-R interactions are respectful,

PBS manages and prevents challenging behaviour through explicit expectations and reinforcing positive behaviour, environment and routines (Porter, 2014). Explicit positive behaviour expectations are developed with the class and displayed as a visual reminder (Conway, 2015; Porter, 2014). Through developing expectations with the class, students have a voice and ownership of them. The desired behaviour is modelled to students and displayed to remind them and reinforced with explicit positive praise. A positive expectation of ‘hands up to speak’, explicitly identifies the desired behaviour which can be reinforced through praise. All challenging behaviour should be dealt with immediately and consistently by describing the unproductive behaviour and reminding students of the expectations (Rogers, 2015). Thus, supporting students to recognise and correct their behaviour. When the student displays the desired behaviour, the teacher praises the student’s effort, aiding them to learn self-regulation and self-correction. Additionally, students with challenging behaviour should sit near positive role models, in close proximity of the teacher (Scott & Hirn, 2014). Students with challenging behaviour should be seated in the front row near a positive peer, this improves on-task behaviour through affirmative peer feedback. Furthermore, regular

Our program’s philosophy on positive child guidance is to discipline instead of punishing children for accidents or mistakes they make. With the help of our committed staff, we can provide a positive atmosphere that will allow the children to feel loved and accepted to help build their self-esteem. Our program will offer the children with choices, but there will also be reasonable, and developmentally appropriate limits. The educators will model positive behaviours that will teach the children to problem solve and build self-control in a healthy, and safe way.

For young children who have difficulty communicating, visual schedule can be extremely helpful in allowing them to understand and see what is coming up next in their day. This can assist students who struggle to transition from one activity to another (Meadan, Ostrosky, Triplett, Michna, & Fettig, 2011). They can also be used to help children increase attention on the task and decrease dangerous and disruptive behaviors (Massey & Wheeler, 2000). A visual schedule allows a child to anticipate what is forthcoming in the day and when the child learns how to follow a schedule, it can be used as a way to more easily help explain changes in a routine (Quill, 1995).

I first read the article about positive behavioral supports. I gained an insight about the importance of knowing and observing the child. If we do not carefully do observation, we could misunderstand why a child is behaving a certain way. If we do not understand the why, then we cannot solve the problem. We need to know the purpose of the behavior so we can teach an alternate behavior that provides the same purpose as the undesired behavior. We as teachers can also lessen the amount of times a student is exposed to the trigger which causes the behavior. If we do all of these parts we can help a child overcome the negative behavior and replace it with a positive behavior. I am going to practice looking at what trigger’s Matthew’s bad behavior so that I can avoid those triggers. This will help me learn the process so I will be a more effective teacher when I have my own classroom.

I conducted my observation on November 3, 2017. I observed a fourth-grade language arts class taught by Robin Smith. Mrs. Smith exudes a love of reading and knowledge from the very moment you meet her. Mrs. Smith’s classroom is a warm, accessible, print rich environment complete with anchor charts, a word wall, and alphabet chart. Mrs. Smith and her classroom environment inspire each one of her students to find a passion for reading and learning. Mrs. Smith demonstrates an understanding of the social-emotional environment, and its importance to the success of a child’s learning experience. Although the social-emotional environment is much harder to grasp and see it is just as important as the physical environment. Mrs. Smith’s approach for classroom management demonstrates how a positive social-emotional environment can lead to an effectively well managed classroom.

Behavioral management is important to have early childhood education. It is extremely important and plays a crucial role in classrooms. Behavioral management is extremely important in an early childhood setting because it helps by making sure that children and teachers are safe. With safety behavioral management supports and promotes a structured environment that helps children with learning and discipline. Having behavioral management allows teachers to have the order in their class.