Promoting Positive Behaviors

What does behavior typically communicate?

• A lack of social-emotional skills

• A desire to upset adults

• A naturally mean child

• Bad parenting

What is one thing that you will begin doing with your group(s) to promote positive behaviors as a result of this training?

Which are ways to promote positive behavior?

Select all that apply!

• Model and recognize positive behaviors

• Provide negative consequences for inappropriate behaviors

• Develop and use routines

• Design supportive environments

• Yell at kids until they do what you ask them to do

Which is a good approach to dealing with a child who is upset and yelling at other kids for "cheating" after she loses a game?

• Tell her to just get over it

• Model how you cope with the strong emotion of losing a game

• Give her a time out until she is calmed down

• Talk to her parents about teaching her how not to be a sore loser

What are group agreements?

• Sets of expectations for the group to follow when interacting with each other

• Rules for how staff deal with kids

• Agreed upon consequences for negative behaviors

• A list of no no's (i.e. no running, no shouting, etc.)

These are great ways to recognize positive behavior.

Select all that apply!

• Provide verbal praise

• Give group recognition for a job well done

• Provide a consequence for negative behavior

• Point out what a child is doing wrong as an example of what NOT to do for other children

• Give a piece of candy or other reward to all children who are doing what is expected of them

How much do you agree or disagree with this statement: Our members have great conflict resolution skills.

• Strongly disagree

• Disagree

• Neutral

• Agree

• Strongly Agree

All of these are behaviors that we should model for children except:

• Teamwork and Respect

• Conflict Resolution

• Identifying emotions and Impulse control

• Loss of self-control

True or False - the environment that we create in our room has an effect on behavior.

• True

• False

True or False - Routines are not important because kids like to be surprised by new things everyday.

• True

• False