Responding To Challenging Behaviour

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Responding to Challenging Behaviour Quiz

This quiz is designed for educators to evaluate their strategies when dealing with challenging behaviours in the classroom. Each scenario presents a unique situation that requires thoughtful consideration to promote positive outcomes for students.

8 engaging scenarios to think critically about
Multiple-choice answers encourage reflection
Track your understanding of behavior management techniques

8 Questions2 MinutesCreated by CaringTeacher205

A Year 5 student refuses to complete their work. The teacher has offered choice; they could complete the right side or the left side of the worksheet first. The teacher has also offered to work with the student and also offered for them to choose a partner. The student continued to refuse to complete the task.

Complete a self reflection sheet with the teacher at the start of lunch/recess.

Sit out for the entire lunch break.

Be forced to work outside of the classroom for the rest of the day.

Parents are to be emailed and they are to complete their work at home and return it to the teacher the next day.

A Year 1 student refuses to complete their work and yelled at their teacher on multiple occassions during the middle block. They are disrupting the class and stopping the other students from learning.

Contact leadership to help the student self regulate and complete a self reflection sheet.

Take away blocks they have received for good behaviour as part of their individual reward sytstem.

Ensure the student completes the work they missed before they play or complete the fun art lesson in the next session.

Consider an intervention group to develop self regulation skills and create a ready to learn plan.

Discuss possible ways to make things right e.g draw a nice picture for his teacher at home. Notify his parents about the agreement.

Give a red Dojo point.

A teacher overheard a Year 2 student swear while working and they made a mistake. It was not directed at anyone.

Write “I will not swear” 50 times at lunch time.

Yell at the student.

Ensure the student picks up rubbish at lunch time.

Have a private chat with the student about the inappropriate behaviour and discuss a logical consequence if it happnens again. E.g. Parents will be notified and they will need to brainstorm more appropriate words to use when they make a mistake for homework.

A student threw toilet paper on the ceiling.

Ensure the student sits in time out for the rest of lunch.

Engage in a restorative conversation with the student and the student picks up rubbish on the playground.

Send the student to the principal.

A student is consistently unkind to other students.

Sit the student out for lunch and recess.

Engage in a restorative conversation with the student and discuss ways to make amends e.g. Draw a picture for her friends or apology letter.

Begin an individual reward system with the student and provide rewards for kind behaviour.

Let the student know that if she cannot be kind to her friends during group work, she will need to work independently.

A student became very upset because they couldn’t complete a task and starting huffing, puffing and screaming. They then hid under a table.

Yell at the student to get out from under the table.

Bribe the student with a reward to get out from under the table.

Create a calm corner for the student to use when needed.

Ensure the student sits out at lunch time.

Engage in a restorative chat with the student using a self reflection sheet.

Consider an intervention group for the student in order to learn how to self regulate, understand the size of the problem and develop a growth mindset.

Create a Ready To Learn Plan with the student.

Refer to a growth mindset throughout the day. Praise students for using a growth mindset.

A Kindergarten student is displaying inappropriate behaviour - hugging and touching other students and unintentionally making them uncomfortable.

Give a red Dojo point.

Engage in a restorative conversation.

Create and read a social story to them.

Teach the Zones of Regulation lessons.

A student is coming in after lunch and recess in a heightened state. They refuse to sit on the floor or on a chair. They move around the room and disrupt the class.

Send them to the class next door.

Send them to the sensory wall with a class captain.

Provide a calm corner for them to use after lunch and recess.

Encourage them to use a tool from the self-regulation tool poster.

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