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Focus of the Final Paper
Review the Week 3 assignment, “Functional Behavioral Assessment Short Paper,” in which you outlined three challenging behaviors (and a possible function for each behavior) commonly observed in young children. Then, explore the purpose and process of behavior management in a paper in which you:
- Describe the purpose of behavior management in early childhood education settings, including why it is important to think proactively. Integrate the specific challenging behaviors to be detailed in this paper.
- Discuss three strategies teachers may use to determine the functions of challenging behaviors.
- Design an individual support plan for each of the challenging behaviors which includes:
- the possible functions of the behavior
- specific positive behavior supports
- replacement behaviors
- Summarize the role of the teacher in designing and implementing a classroom behavior plan.
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:
- Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
- Must include a separate title page with the following:
- Title of paper
- Student’s name
- Course name and number
- Instructor’s name
- Date submitted
- Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
- Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
- Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
- Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center
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Behavior Management in Children - Outline
Thesis Statement: It is important that children are modeled into properly adjusted adults
through a deliberate and carefully crafted process.
I. Introduction
A working definition of behavior management and the structures that facilitate it
provide a foundation for the discussion
II. Analysis
a. A description of the purpose of behavior management in early childhood
education settings, including why it is important to think proactively. Integrate the
specific challenging behaviors to be detailed in this paper.
b. Discussion of three strategies teachers may use to determine the functions of
challenging behaviors.
c. A preliminary design on individual support plan for each of the challenging
behaviors which includes:
i. the possible functions of the behavior
ii.
specific positive behavior supports
iii.
replacement behaviors
III. Conclusion
Summarizes the role of the teacher in designing and implementing a classroom
behavior plan
Running head: BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
Behavior Management in Children
Name
Institution
1
BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
2
Behavior Management in Children
Introduction
Behavior management is a term that refers to the psychological molding of children into a
desirable character. It is a less intensive way of therapy in children. The focus of managing the
behavior of children is to modify the behavior of a child. The skills of behavior management are
particularly useful in altering the probable conscious and unconscious attitudes of children before
they grow in a particular way. The result of behavioral management is to teach children
productive and socially acceptable norms of living.
Human beings are born without the concept of society. The proposition comes out in the simple
observation that a baby expresses no desires other than its own. However, when people grow up
from babies into toddlers then teenagers and finally adults, it is expected that the person will
behave in a particular way. That specific code of behavior is what integrates them into society. In
a nutshell, the set of ethics of a person determines how well they integrate with the society that
they live. The habits that most adults exhibit in adulthood were formed and cemented in their
childhood. Therefore, behavior management is a crucial element of the upbringing of any child.
The discussion in this paper aims to determine how the specifics of behavior management in
children have an impact on the children involved.
Early Childhood Behavior Learning Settings
One of the most valuable lessons that childhood behavior management strives to achieve is to
teach children to think proactively. Proactivity is the tendency to discern acceptable goals and to
work towards making them with minimal or absent intervention from adults. It is like teaching an
organ...