De-escalation strategies

What does the A in the ABC's stand for?

• Antimicrobial

• Antecedent

• Ant man

• Antibehavioral

What is usually the first behavioral strategy that we try with a student that is struggling?

• Prompt

• Wait

• Help

• Call Officer Willey

Mick is in History class and he is pacing around the room. You have tried the help strategy, what is a prompt that you think would work with Mick to get him to stop pacing?

• Will you go for a walk with me?

• How are you doing today?

• Can I help you?

• Mick, walk with me to get a drink.

How long do you wait when you are using the wait strategy?

• 5 seconds

• As long as necessary in that situation

• 1 minute

• 5 minutes

What does the B stand for in the ABC's?

• Brewer

• Bangor

• Behavior

• Blah, blah, blah

Tom yells when he wants attention, staff respond by giving him attention and Tom stops yelling. When Tom wants attention again he starts yelling and staff give him attention. What is this an example of?

• The Behavioral Trap

• Life at the Burby's

• The ABC's

• The help strategy

What kind of Differential Reinforcement is it when we want to Reinforce behavior EVERY time it happens?

• Random

• Structured

• Positive

• Frequent

Keith is swearing at staff and students and pacing around the room. You have removed the audience by having all of the students go with Mr. Becker to the hallway. You use the help and prompt strategies with Keith and she responds by yelling at you to leave her alone, which of the following strategies should you use next?

• Help

• Play some candy crush on your phone

• Prompt

• Wait

Mrs. Emerson has given you a plan to follow for Charlie, every time he does work for 30 minutes he earns a 5 minute break, what type of differential reinforcement is this?

• Emerson's

• Structured

• Frequent

• Random

Most of the first names of the people used in the examples during the presentation were all of the first names of the artists of a famous rock band, which band is it?

• Green Day

• The Beatles

• The Grateful Dead

• The Rolling Stones