Kids:They’re Animals

Students with ADHD

Dopamine

Blood Flow

Brain Activity

Body systemscompensate byover stimulating

SO……..

Which came first?

Adaptation

changes in living organisms

that allow them to live

successfully in an environment

Snail

Adaptation is ALLALL

about hiding

the vulnerabilities

Responses to Crisis

Fight

Flight

Freeze

Freak

Badger

Horse

Opossum

Killdeer

Coping Mechanisms

Covert

Overt

Covert

Hide Breathe

Passive Aggressive

Manipulate

Slap and Run

Chameleon

Sloth

Mole

Cat

Kangaroo

Overt

Play

Strut

Growl

Bark

Spit venom

Stink

Dart

Monkey

Peacock

Bear

Chihuahua

Snake

Skunk

Squirrel

Keep in Mind

The same brain processes that determine whether a student is successful with literacy and numeracy are at work when a student is learning behavioral and social skills.

Disability Impacts on Literacy and Numeracy

Process (Speed/Clarity)

Perception (Clear/Fuzzy)

Expressive/Receptive/Literal Language

Memory (Short/Long)

History of failure (Conflict and Social Capital)

Health Issues (Co-morbidity)

Personality Factors (Nature/Nurture)

Obtain/ Synthesis Information (Speed/Clarity)

Transfer Learning (To what degree)

Intuitiveness (Understand the world)

Changing BehaviorRequires

Definition

Impact and Manifestations

Zone of proximal development

Plan for explicit teaching

Monitor until they are independent

Practice, Fail, Practice More

Evaluate and Revisit plan

Implement with Fidelity

Documentation

Start a new day

Contexts for Planning

Academic needs

Function and Consequence

Parent support

Medication

Manifestations

Teacher factors

Peer factors

School factors

Prevention of opportunity

Common Functions Gain attention

Avoid/Deflect attention

Save face

Escape discomfort

Decrease anxiety

Control/Authority

Resistance to historically uncomfortable situations

Revenge

Emote (often unspent anger)

Displaced Emotion

Case Management

Eco-BehavioralAnalysis

MonitoringAnd

Evaluationof plans

DisseminationOf

PlanBehavior

Plan

Supports And

Interventions

CollaborativeTeaming

ImplementationCommitment

RealisticStudent

Goals

StudentSuccess

Thumb Drive Powerpoint

Checklist for Behavior Plans

Initial Line of Inquiry (Hypothesis and Instructions)

Links

Peer ideas and other suggestions

Eco-behavioral observation instrument

File review template (Effectiveness of Behavior Supports)

Managing Surface Behaviors (Ron Williams)

Electronic Behavior Monitoring Chart

The End

"People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so."

Fran Tarkenton