Low reading scores. Fighting. Yelling. Inappropriate outbursts. Getting out of one's seat. Incomplete work. Interrupting others. Lack of interest.

All of these behaviors are disturbing to parents, teachers and administrators; but when they occur repeatedly, it drives teachers and parents to want to simply quit. These behaviors are not just frustrating and disturbing to adults but lead to self-defeating attributes for the child, limiting their progression in the attainment of lifelong learning characteristics. To deter these undesired behaviors, a more productive atmosphere can be created based on behavior modification, value foundations, effective learning communities and increasing personal behaviors.

Course Objectives

• Understand behavior is influenced by consequences.
• Identify consequences to develop student motivation.
• Recognize positive and negative reinforcers.
• Create a plan to bring extinction to undesirable behaviors.
• Develop an understanding for prompt reinforcement.
• Using reinforcement to embed desired behaviors.