Positive behaviour management
Below is a behaviour management planner to help you consider which approaches may work best for the student you are supporting:
Clean slate approach
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Staff mentor
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Student buddy
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Goal setting and meaningful praise
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Five key rules and consistent consequences
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Use this template below to consider what might work to support your students.
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You can download a PDF of the Positive Behaviour Management Planner [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .
"An understanding of adverse childhood experiences and adverse childhood environments needs to dictate how we manage behaviour"
Watch this short video to see how less typical behaviour management strategies may have a better outcome for your students.
Task 11: Case study – Miguel from Sonsonate, El Salvador
Using different strategies than you used in the first case study, choose three strategies or tools which you believe would support this specific student.
Miguel from Sonsonate, El Salvador
Age: _________________ (Choose an age group that you work with)
Miguel fled El Salvador after being recruited into a local gang. Sonsonate is currently the murder capital of El Salvador. His parents put him on a plane to England as soon as they could, but they couldn’t afford to bring any other family members.
Miguel is now an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child living in foster care. He can speak some English and has made friends quickly at school but is getting into fights with older students regularly.
Rumours have spread about the gang he was in, and it is causing trouble for him and preventing him from moving on. He had stopped attending school back home and was working full time.
He tells you he finds it strange being treated like a child when he was treated like an adult back home.
Which tools or strategies would you use to help prepare a safe space for Miguel to land?
| Tool or strategy | How I would use it | How it could help |
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A student like Miguel could benefit from being given responsibilities in school, a staff mentor who can work with him to create meaningful goals and to learn more about why the rules are in place and how they benefit the school community.
Levels of violence in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala are akin to those in the deadliest war zones around the world. The International Rescue Committee provides emergency cash relief and lifesaving information services to people in El Salvador who have been uprooted by growing violence. Around 300,000 Salvadorans a year are internally displaced. Read more about IRC’s work in this region.
Tools to Prepare a Safe Place to Land
