9 am Admissions and virtual tea/coffee to start the session
9.05 am Welcome & introduction: Warm-up session
9.15 am Session 1: What functional purpose does the difficult behaviour serve for the learner?
In this session you will:
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revisit the definition of challenging behaviour and how our perceptions can define our response to it
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understand the importance of considering a learner’s difficult behaviours in context
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understand the key is to identify how these difficult behaviours serve a functional purpose for the learner
9.45 am Session 2: Managing the impact the learner’s difficult behaviour has on others within the classroom
In this session you will:
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understand the effect of the learner’s environment upon their behaviour
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understand how the environment can both reduce and escalate behaviours that are problematic
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be able to assess the impact a learner’s regular or prolonged difficult behaviour has on others in the classroom
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consider the effect that habituation of these difficult behaviours has for the learner
10.15 am Session 3: A framework to examine a learner’s difficult behaviour
You will be:
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be introduced to a framework to examine a learner’s difficult behaviour
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use the framework to explore the following specific behaviours: spitting; refusalnon-compliance ; kicking/nipping/hair pulling; shouting.
10.40am COFFEE BREAK
10.55 am Session 3: A framework to examine a learner’s difficult behaviour – continued
11.30 am Session 4: Discussion
In this final session, you have the opportunity to discuss individual pupils with both Clive and your fellow delegates. Resources and ideas will be shared in chat, so that these can be referenced after the course.
12 pm Plenary, thank you and end of session!
NEW for 2022!
18 March 2022: 9 am – 12 pm
with Clive Smith
In this session, Clive continues to look in more depth at planning a proactive behaviour management strategy. This session will focus on what functional purpose the difficult behaviour serves for the learner; the impact the learner’s difficult behaviour has on others within the classroom and outlines a framework to examine difficult behaviour in more detail.
Who should attend?
This will be appropriate for classroom practitioners from special schools and colleges, mainstream settings with specialist SEN provision and early years settings, who are working with pupils with complex learning needs and/or autism.
DIGITAL RESOURCE PACK
The following resources will be available in your account for one week after the course date: a digital recording of this event, any resources shared/signposted during the session and a transcript of Zoom chat.
COST
Each place costs £60 plus VAT per place (£72 in total).
GROUP BOOKINGS FOR SCHOOLS/SETTINGS
If you wish to make a group booking for this course – we can do this quickly and easily for you! Please email a spreadsheet with the first name/surname/email addresses of the delegates you wish to book for. Email to lois@hirstwood.com. We will then create access to this course for your colleagues. A Purchase Order Number will secure your booking.
Important information before you book
The ‘Book now!’ button will take you to a new page where you can book and pay for this course. Please note: if you are booking for someone else, please create the account using their name and email address. You will still be able to pay by credit card (even it has a different name/school name on it.)