When supporting a student with challenging behaviors, it can be difficult to know what behaviors to address first. The learners we are most concerned about typically don’t have just a few behaviors we feel need changing, they most often have many. Changing 10, 15, or 20 behaviors can quickly become …
Due to a grave overuse of isolation rooms in schools many states have adopted stricter laws around how and when they can be used. While this has caused many educators to think differently on how they can support students when they escalate, it has left some wondering what other …
As promised today I am showing you a video of a high school student with autism being supported through an escalation. If you have not read yesterday’s post here, I ask that you do so before proceeding. Out of respect for …
Students who periodically escalate have an unfair disadvantage as they transition to new teachers during the span of their education. Most often long before the educator actually meets the learner, they hear of the horror stories, they hear of the tales of disruption and destruction, and they hear of the struggles that they …
Your room looks like a small tornado just ran through it. The chairs are tipped over, books and paper clutter the floor, and your ears are still ringing from the screaming. The well planned lesson you had put together was ruined by another escalation and now the rest of …
If you want to know how to best support a child with autism who is exhibiting challenging behavior you have to know what you are looking at. The above explanation does a great job of simplifying that process, but in practice it is not always easy. A behavior that starts off as …
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The best way to address a challenging behavior with a child is to get in front of the behavior before it even happens. While intensive behavior planning can help you do just that, when it comes to our learners …
The way in which to properly intervene when an individual with a disability starts to escalate has been the subject of controversy over the past few years and for good reason. The misuse of physical interventions (restraints and holds) and time out rooms has caught the attention of the public …
