Kids:They’re Animals
Students with ADHD
Dopamine
Blood Flow
Brain Activity
Body systemscompensate byover stimulating
SO……..
Which came first?
Adaptation
changes in living organisms
that allow them to live
successfully in an environment
Snail
Adaptation is ALLALL
about hiding
the vulnerabilities
Responses to Crisis
Fight
Flight
Freeze
Freak
Horse
Opossum
Killdeer
Coping Mechanisms
Covert
Overt
Covert
Hide Breathe
Passive Aggressive
Manipulate
Slap and Run
Chameleon
Sloth
Mole
Kangaroo
Overt
Play
Strut
Growl
Bark
Spit venom
Stink
Dart
Monkey
Peacock
Bear
Chihuahua
Snake
Skunk
Keep in Mind
The same brain processes that determine whether a student is successful with literacy and numeracy are at work when a student is learning behavioral and social skills.
Disability Impacts on Literacy and Numeracy
Process (Speed/Clarity)
Perception (Clear/Fuzzy)
Expressive/Receptive/Literal Language
Memory (Short/Long)
History of failure (Conflict and Social Capital)
Health Issues (Co-morbidity)
Personality Factors (Nature/Nurture)
Obtain/ Synthesis Information (Speed/Clarity)
Transfer Learning (To what degree)
Intuitiveness (Understand the world)
Changing BehaviorRequires
Definition
Impact and Manifestations
Zone of proximal development
Plan for explicit teaching
Monitor until they are independent
Practice, Fail, Practice More
Evaluate and Revisit plan
Implement with Fidelity
Documentation
Start a new day
Contexts for Planning
Academic needs
Function and Consequence
Parent support
Medication
Manifestations
Teacher factors
Peer factors
School factors
Prevention of opportunity
Common Functions Gain attention
Avoid/Deflect attention
Save face
Escape discomfort
Decrease anxiety
Control/Authority
Resistance to historically uncomfortable situations
Revenge
Emote (often unspent anger)
Displaced Emotion
Case Management
Eco-BehavioralAnalysis
MonitoringAnd
Evaluationof plans
DisseminationOf
PlanBehavior
Plan
Supports And
Interventions
CollaborativeTeaming
ImplementationCommitment
RealisticStudent
Goals
StudentSuccess
Thumb Drive Powerpoint
Checklist for Behavior Plans
Initial Line of Inquiry (Hypothesis and Instructions)
Links
Peer ideas and other suggestions
Eco-behavioral observation instrument
File review template (Effectiveness of Behavior Supports)
Managing Surface Behaviors (Ron Williams)
Electronic Behavior Monitoring Chart
The End
"People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so."
Fran Tarkenton