I have learned that there is a more person friendly method to approaching students "bad behaviour". We can take this approach and examine the student based on more than just the behavior. I also learned that there are ABC’s. By using positive behaviour support to fix student’s behaviour can be obtained by providing alternate ways for students to achieve positive behaviour. Strategies that are in the functional approach include teachings desired behaviours, reinforcing good behaviours, Setting up predictable routines, providing frequent opportunities for choice and providing adaptations for academic success.
I much rather prefer this functional method as opposed to operational conditioning. This is a more student friendly method, and will in the long run help the student through their problems. However I find myself using the operational conditioning approach while teaching swimming lessons. This is only due to the fact that I have limited time in my lessons at the most 40 minutes, and I don’t have time to assess the student and prevent these behaviours. I also don’t have time to work with the student after class to talk about the behaviour.
When I am a teacher I will definitely use the functional approach with my students to observe antecedents before they become behaviours, and I have to deal with them in a serious manner. I would like to learn more about student’s behaviours and if there are small actions that can tell me if a child is about to have an outburst, or is internally conflicted. If I was able to know these small verbal or physical cues I could help more kids.
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