This document discusses nonverbal interventions teachers can use to manage common behavior problems in the classroom. It outlines the responsibilities of both students and teachers to prepare and maintain clear expectations. The concept of "with-it-ness" is introduced as a teacher's nonverbal awareness of all classroom activities. Proactive intervention methods include changing pacing, removing distractions, boosting interest, redirection, brief timeouts, encouragement and modeling. Remedial interventions involve planned ignoring, signaling, proximity and touch to address inappropriate behaviors.
4. Teacher Responsibilities
• Model professional
responsibilities
• Be prepared
• Provide clear direction
• Routine-consistent
behavioral expectations
• Build positive relationships
with students
• Respond intuitively to
students surface behaviors.
5. With-it-ness : Refers to the non-verbal
communication that teachers use to
demonstrate their awareness of everything
that is going on within their classroom.
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6. Proactive Intervention Methods
1. Changing the pace of classroom activities.
2. Removing seductive objects.
3. Interest boosting of a student who shows signs of
off-task behavior.
4. Redirecting behavior of off-task students.
5. Nonpunitive time out.
6. Encouraging appropriate behavior.
7. Modeling and providing cues for appropriate
behavior.
Intervention is a bi-directional process, meaning the responsibility for appropriate behavior does not only fall on the students but teachers too.
Surface behaviors are generally normal developmental behaviors of children.
Planned ignoring - If you ignore a behavior it will lesson and eventually disappear.
Signal Interference - Communicates to the student that behavior is not appropriate without disturbing others.
Proximity Interference - Any movement toward the disruptive student.
Touch Interference - Teacher takes a child’s hand and escorts them back to their seat.
