¶ … School Behavior Plan Identifying Information

Justin is a male self --contained 8-year-old male pupil in a classroom of 12.1.1. Justin is being managed by a trained paraprofessional, who has skills in behavioral management, however, the paraprofessional does not possess enough knowledge in order to construct a plan. Moreover, Justin has one special education aide and one special education teacher who are interested in implementing behavioral management tool if it does not interfere with the teaching of other students.

Justin is very hypersensitive and always act without thinking. However, he has been identified as having a good heart because he never hurts other kids on purpose. When one of his classmates annoys him, he sometimes pushes or hits him before he remembers that he is not to do such behavior. Moreover, Justin has some reading problem and often refuse to get books that are at his reading level. For example, he will always want to early reader book or read the picture. However, he has a strong preference for his teacher, and often he will do his worksheet with her. When the teacher is busy, he may sometimes agree to work with his paraprofessional or aid, however, he may outright refuse or throw a tantrum. His educator affirms that the behavior happens unpredictably. Meanwhile, he loves playing with trains and collect them. He also loves sharing knowledge with other classmates, sometimes, he does not know when to stop talking about his hobbies and interests.

ASSESSMENT

Cost Benefit Analysis

I conducted the before proceeding with the assessment to determine whether the assessment worth intervening. In the contemporary school environment, intervention strategy to correct negative behavior is very critical to enhancing the positive learning environment. A students' negative behaviors can disrupt a learning process, which can consequently make students struggling to learn. Typically, positive behavior interventions are very critical to enhancing social learning and change problem behaviors. One of the benefits of positive behavior intervention is to promote pro-social behavior and prevent problem behaviors. However, there are still costs associated to achieve these benefits. First, sufficient time is needed to prevent problem behaviors. Other costs include facility use, use of equipment and materials, administrative and teacher's time in correcting the negative behaviors. Despite the costs associated to correct the problem behaviors, nevertheless, the benefits to be derived from correcting Justin's problem behaviors are higher that the costs invested in correcting the behaviors. One of the benefits of the assessment is its ability to lower discipline problem. Moreover, correcting the negative behavior will assist Justin to correct his anti-social behaviors into positive social behaviors, which will make the child improving his academic performances.

Description of the Assessment Tools

The assessment tools for Justin case are as follows:

1. Teacher Interviews

2. Parent interviews

3. Homework and class work grades

4. "Quantitative School Observation Coding System"

5. Behavior Dimension measurements such as like Duration, Frequency, or Latency.

Assessment tools are very critical to determine the major cause of the of Justin's negative behaviors. An identification of the root cause of the problems will assist in promoting and teaching the appropriate replacement behaviors which will consequently replace Justin's inappropriate behaviors. I will use both the indirect and direct assessment tools. The indirect assessment tool includes teacher's interview and parent's interview. The benefits of using the parent's interview are that the behaviors of many parents at home can translate into children negative behaviors. For example, parents who are always aggressive to their children at home can influence the children negatively. Since children view their parents as a model, they can adopt this type of behavior making them implement negative behaviors at schools. Thus, a semi-structured interview with Justin's parent will provide the critical insight into Justin's behavior, which will uncover the reason for Justin negative behaviors. Additional, an interview with Justin's parent will provide credible information about factors causing the behaviors.

Direct assessment tools will consist of using the homework and class work grade. Moreover, behavioral dimension measurement will be used as a direct assessment of Justin case. For example, the behavioral dimension measurement will be used to track the frequency of Justin disruptive behavior at the time of the day using the scatter plot to reveal clearly the pattern of the behaviors. Moreover, "Quantitative School Observation Coding System" will be used to track antecedent behavior revealing the behaviors that trigger other behaviors. Observing Justin's disruptive behaviors entire cycle will assist in providing information on factors that trigger Justin behavior. For example, direct observation of Justin...

Moreover, when other students annoyed him, he would react by pushing the student before he remembered that he was not to do such behavior. The paper will also consider Justin homework and classwork grades because external events such as a lower grade can influence a likelihood of classroom conflicts. Moreover, if a child dislikes a subject taught in school, he can react with a disruptive behavior.
Report on Assessment and findings

"What have I discovered regarding the current problems and targets for intervention" is that Justin's parent behavior has been attributed to his negative behavior. An in-depth interview with Justin reveals that his mother usually uses an aggressive behavior towards Justin at home. For example, when Justin is awkward with a glass cup and eventually breaks the cup, the mother will become aggressive and sometimes punish him for adopting such behaviors. Since parents serve as a model to children at home, they may emulate such behaviors. The issue is the case of Justin, he has emulated his mother aggressive behaviors and use it towards his co-classmate. Moreover, his parents do not monitor his homework at home making him develop a reading problem. The findings from his teachers reveal that Justin can be a brilliant child if he receives more encouragement. For example Justin lacks the ability to learn by himself, however, he can become more brilliant with encouragement from tutors and parents. The outcome of Justin's homework and classwork grades are not encouraging. The results reveal that Justin's parents have not provided enough encouragement with his homework. It is essential to realize that Justin needs a lot of encouragement from parents with regards to his homework. Moreover, Justin still lacks an appropriate understanding on the code of conducts. He still needs to be taught an appropriate way of behaving towards his classmates. Moreover, Justin has not been getting a lot of attention from his parents, which is very critical for a child of his age. Putting more attention on children at home and school will enhance their cognitive and social developments. Analysis of the case reveals that Justin has a strong preference with his lead teacher, however, if the teacher is busy, and suggests working with his aid, he may outright refuse. The findings reveal that Justin likes to work with loving and caring people who understand his needs.

PROPOSED INTERVENTION

Intervention Overview: I am proposing a plan that includes the following components:

1. Parent interviews

2. Homework and class work grades

3. "Quantitative School Observation Coding System"

4. Behavior Dimension measurements such as like Duration, Frequency, or Latency.

The intervention tools for the above-listed components are as follows:

1. Self-monitoring

2. Daily Report Card

3. Selective Attention Plan

4. Clear Instructions

5. Class Rules

All the intervention tools are very important because they work hand-in-hand. Typically, a combination of these tools will assist in solving Justin anti-social behaviors. For example, a self-monitoring will assist in correcting the anti-social behaviors adopted by Justin. Moreover, self-monitoring will assist in improving Justin Behavior Dimension measurement since Justin will be aware that he is being constantly monitored, he will think twice before pushing other co-classmates even if they annoy him. Clear instruction is very important in the Justin case because the strategy will assist him to improve his behaviors.

Daily report card tool is also an important intervention tool that can assist Justin to improve his performance in school. The case reveals that Justin has some problem in reading. Thus, his daily report card will assist in monitoring his homework and classwork grade. The intervention strategy will assist Justin to improve his reading ability. In collaboration with a daily report card, a selective attention plan will assist the teacher to monitor Justin behavior. For example, the teacher can leave at least 15 minutes a day keep an eye on Justin and watch whether she can identify any negative aspect in his behaviors.

The teacher has to make class rules that all children should follow, and the teacher should deliver a reinforcement for any positive behavior and punishment for the negative behaviors. It is essential to realize many children of Justin's age group may not be able to distinguish between good and bad behaviors. Through reinforcement and punishment, Justin will be able to differentiate good behaviors from bad behaviors, the strategy will assist Justin to adopt positive behaviors towards his classmates. This paper also suggests informing Austin's parents about his negative behaviors and their contribution towards his behavior. It is essential to realize that Austin's parents are not psychologists, school teachers or child behavior professional, thus, they may not understand the…