Positive Behaviour Support Strategies for Students with Oppositional and Defiant Behaviour: A Step by Step Guide to Assessing a Managing a Preventing Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Dolly Bhargava

Description

Positive Behaviour Support Strategies for Students with Oppositional and Defiant Behaviours equips parents, educators and professionals with the knowledge and skills to assess, manage and prevent challenging behaviours in children who have been diagnosed with anA OppositionalA and Defiant Disorder or are showing signs ofA oppositionalA and defiant behaviour persistently.A A Practical strategies on how to design the environment, activity and instructions to facilitate positive changes will be provided.A Use the comprehensive questionnaires and checklists to develop positive behaviour support plans to support your student consistently in all settings.This invaluable resource is useful for parents, teachers, early childhood educators, support staff, and mental health, allied health and supervisoryA professionals who support students with ODD.A

Sujets

• Abnormal psychology

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 09 février 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781456630331
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Dolly Bhargava


Speech Pathologist with Masters in Special Education




Positive Behaviour Support Strategies for Students with
Oppositional & Defiant Behaviour



A step by step guide to assessing, preventing and managing emotional and behavioural difficulties





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Disclaimer
The information set out in this booklet is of a general nature only and not exhaustive on the subject matter. The information may or may not be relevant in particular to your student’s cir- cumstance. This book should not be used as a diagnostic tool. Persons implementing any recommendations contained in this publication must exercise their own independent skill or judge- ment or seek appropriate professional advice relevant to their own circumstances when so doing.
Note:
In this book we have used the term ‘student’ to refer to children,
adolescents and adults with Oppositional Defiant Disorder or who
exhibit oppossitional and defiant behaviours.



Dolly Bhargava


Speech Pathologist with Masters in Special Education


Positive Behaviour Support
Strategies for Students with
Oppositional & Defiant Behaviour


A step by step guide to assessing, preventing and managing emotional and behavioural difficulties






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Introduction
Oppositional and Defiant Behaviour
Definition
Causes
Associated Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
Positive Behaviour Support Defined
Positive Behaviour Support Team
Positive Behaviour Support Stages
Positive Behaviour Support: Assess Stage
Positive Behaviour Support: Manage Stage
Positive Behaviour Support: Prevent Stage
Concluding Remarks
References


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Introduction


All students experience difficulties with managing their emotions and behaviours at one time or an- other. With understanding, support and encour- agement, most students learn the skills they need to manage their own emotions and behaviours. However, students who exhibit oppositional and defiant behaviours or have a diagnosis of Opposi- tional Defiant Disorder (ODD) repeatedly engage in emotional and behavioural responses that can cause serious harm to others and/or themselves. Despite best efforts and intentions, the student has difficulties learning how to manage their emotions and behaviours, and the situation doesn’t appear to improve.
As a parent, teacher, support staff member or pro- fessional, directly facing the student’s challenging emotional and behavioural responses daily can leave you feeling stressed, exhausted and disheartened. If any of this sounds familiar, then you have come to the right place.
This book will provide you with a roadmap devel- oped from the evidenced based approach of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) to help you guide the stu- dent learn positive ways of behaving and managing their emotions. Through your persistence, patience and perseverance you can make a difference in your student’s life.
The road to behaviour change begins with the first step. I would like to take this opportunity to com- mend you for taking the first step in this journey to build a better future for your student.
Best wishes on the journey.


Dolly Bhargava





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Defining Oppositional and Defiant Disorder


Most students have at least once argued with authority figures, refused to comply with a rule or request, or annoyed someone on purpose and blamed the other person for their behaviour. However, for these students it is not their normal pattern of behaviour. These behaviours may be in response to overwhelming stresses in their lives or a developmental phase they are going through. Hence, this negative behaviour pattern is generally short-lived and tends to disappear as the student adjusts to the new circumstance or matures. However, for some students this is not the case.
This book contains information that is useful for students who exhibit oppositional and defiant behaviours or have a diagnosis of Oppositional and Defiant Disorder (ODD).
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM-5) [American Psychiatric Publish- ing (APA), 2013], is a handbook that is used by professionals around the world to diagnose mental disorders. The DSM–5 describes ODD as a pattern of angry/irritable mood, argumentative/defiant behaviours, or vindic- tiveness towards authority figures. The first symptoms of ODD usually appear during the preschool years and rarely later than early adolescence.


Causes
There is no single cause of oppositional and defiant behaviours. Instead, it is the product of the interaction be- tween multiple risk factors. They include:
Genetic factors – A predisposition inherited in families with a history of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), substance use disorders, or mood disorders such as depression or bipolar disorder.
Physiological factors - Abnormal functioning of certain types of brain chemicals or neurotransmitters lead to abnormalities in brain functioning.
Temperamental factors – The child has a difficult temperament (e.g. having poor frustration tolerance, intense and highly reactive responses to a variety of situations and difficulty being soothed).




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Environmental factors -The influence of the family, cultural, interpersonal, school program factors, and phys- ical aspects of the environment can influence the student’s behaviour (Griffith’s & Gardner, 2002). Some of the factors include:


Parental lack of supervision
Parental discipline is too harsh or too relaxed or inconsistent
Parental criminality
Lack of parental monitoring
Parents with substance abuse problems
Student has been physically or sexually abused
Student has frequent changes of caregiver/s
Parental rejection and neglect
Parental inconsistent child rearing practices
Parental disharmony
Parents with mental health problems
Parents involved in criminal behaviour
Student living in institutionalised care
Student is part of a large family


Associated Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
The student may exhibit some, or all of following:
Easily loses his or her temper
Easily annoyed by others
Angry and resentful
Argues with adults
Deliberately defies or refuses to comply with requests from adult’s requests or rules
Deliberately annoys others
Blames others for his or her mistakes or misbehaviour
Is spiteful or vindictive




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Positive Behaviour Support Defined


Positive Behaviour Support team



Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is an evi- denced-based implementation framework that is designed to enhance academic, social and be- havioural outcomes for all students. PBS recognises that all behaviour serves a purpose.
PBS emphasises the need for an assessment to take place to understand the reason for specific be- haviours before a comprehensive intervention plan is developed. Based on the assessment findings, PBS uses multiple approaches to reduce behaviours of concern by changing interactions, altering environ- ments, teaching skills, and appreciating behaviour