I chose to read the first two sections of the article on disruptive and noncompliant behavior. I have a handful of students in my class that fall into these categories. While nearly all of my students fall into the ‘disruptive behavior’ category at times, there are several students who nearly always display disruptive behavior. They climb under their desks, call-out in class, do and say things to get laughs, hum and make noises, play constantly with anything they can find in their desks, and get out their seat to ‘get water’ every chance they get. Unfortunately my CT did very little to address the issue. She would just constantly tell them to ‘stop’ and give them silent lunch. This wasn’t improving the behavior. I decided to implement a system where the students receive a point for positive behavior. Based on the total number of points they receive each week, they get a reward that they choose. They set their point goal at the beginning of the week and work toward it throughout the week. This system has been working well for 3 of the 4 students using it. However, there is still one student who is very defiant and noncompliant. He smiles and laughs when he gets in trouble, out-right refuses to do things when asked, and shows little concern when he is punished. On Friday, I decided to have him write a letter to his mom and then call her and read it to her over the phone. I also spoke with her on the phone. This was the first time I saw him react to his punishment. He was upset that he had to tell his mom all of the things he had done. I talked with him for a long time and we decided on a slightly different behavior system to begin tomorrow. We’ll see if it makes a difference. For the first time, he seemed sincere when he told me that he wanted to improve his behavior. I hope that is the case!
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Michelle,
I want hear about the new behavior plan you have for this student. It sounds interesting. I mean, if the behavior plan that you implemented for the other boys worked for them but not this individual child, what do you plan to do differently? In all honesty, I am having difficulty with the actual note taking to create our end product in EDUC517. It seems that I do not really have the additional time necessary to take notes during lessons. Are you having the same problem or am I just struggling. Even though I have trouble note taking, I have been semi successful in improving behavior in my classroom specific with the individual students who is the focus of my plan.