The Classroom Behaviour Solutions Podcast: Recent Episodes
Adam Dean BCBA, MEd
Are you a teacher, school leader or SENCO struggling with ideas to support pupil behaviour? Does low level disruptive behaviour give you daily headaches and the idea of another sticker chart make your brain itch? Do you go home every day wondering just how much more teaching you could do if the kids just engaged with your lessons? Perhaps you have individual pupils who's behaviour is interrupting your lessons making it so you just can't teach effectively or maybe you're looking for ways to support pupils with individual needs and everything you have tried so far just doesn't seem to work. Whatever your behaviour headache this is the podcast for you.Classroom behaviour solutions provides weekly bite sized tips and info about supporting behaviour in a way that will provide you with tools and blue prints to understand behaviour and create behaviour support tools that can be adapted specifically to your pupils, classroom or whole school environment. Following the steps outlined in these tasty behavioural morsels will help you to see real positive change in behaviour, learning and overall outcomes for the pupils you so passionately want to see do well. The weekly podcast is hosted by Adam Dean. Adam is a qualified teacher and currently the headteacher of an amazing SEND school in Essex. Adam is also a board certified behaviour analyst and has a Masters in Education (autism) from the university of Birmingham. He has helped to establish autism support hubs in Essex and for several years provided support and training to mainstream and SEND schools in the Essex area. To learn more about Adam, his credentials and reasons for the podcast visit www.behavioursolutions.com.
The 'Secret Student' whole class behaviour support system is a bit of a classic. But how can we adapt it and make it something that genuinely works for all your pupils? That's the topic of this weeks episode.
You can purchase 'Supporting behaviour with science - classroom behaviour' here don't forget to send your questions and quandaries for future episodes to:
Classroombehavioursolutions@gmail.com to hear them discussed on future episodes.
What a privilege to have the chance to speak with Rob and Diana Parry-Cruwys from the ABA inside podcast. I had so much fun talking to these incredibly insightful individuals and I am super excited to share their thoughts with you here. There are so many useful conversation in this episode - get ready to learn a whole bunch of stuff.
Included is:
- The good behaviour game
- The most important thing to know about ABA for non ABA professionals
- Supporting and understanding challenging behaviour
- Choosing behaviours that actually NEED support
- Adapting learning and environments to support positive behaviour.
Once you have finished here head over to the ABA Inside Track podcast and give it a listen. I especially recommend the episode on the good behaviour game:
LISTEN HERE
Rob and Diane have generously provided a list of great articles which will compliment many of our discussions right here:
Designing and Implementing Group Contingencies in the Classroom: A Teacher's Guide; Chow, Jason C.; Gilmour, Allison F.
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v48 n3 p137-143 Jan-Feb 2016
Parsons, M.B., Rollyson, J.H., & Reid, D.H. (2013). Teaching practitioners to conduct behavioral skills training: A pyramidal approach for training multiple human service staff. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 6, 4-16. doi: 10.1007/BF03391798
Brodhead, M. (2015). Maintaining professional relationships in an interdisciplinary setting: Strategies for navigating nonbehavioral treatment recommendations for individuals with autism. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 8, 70-78. doi: 10.1007/s40617-015-0042-7
Critchfield, T.S., (2014). Ten rules for discussing behavior analysis. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 7, 141-142. doi: 10.1007/s40617-014-0026-z
Kestner, K.M., Peterson, S.M., Eldridge, R.R., & Peterson, L.D. (2018). Considerations of baseline classroom conditions in conducting functional behavior assessments in school settings. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12, 452-465. doi: 10.1007/s40617-018-0269-1
Donaldson, J.M., Vollmer, T.R., Krous, T., Downs, S., & Berard, K.P. (2011). An evaluation of the Good Behavior Game in kindergarten classrooms. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44, 605-609. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-605
Don't forget to send your questions and quandaries for future episodes to:
Classroombehavioursolutions@gmail.com to hear them discussed on future episodes.
Following on from last week's episode on the topic of behaviour contracts today we spend a bit of time exploring how a whole class or whole school behaviour contract could be adapted so that it is appropriate and accessible to all pupils.
You can purchase 'Supporting behaviour with science - classroom behaviour' here don't forget to send your questions and quandaries for future episodes to:
Classroombehavioursolutions@gmail.com to hear them discussed on future episodes.
This weeks episode explores the topic of behaviour contracts. In a slightly different episode to usual we read from a chapter of my book (supporting behaviour with science - classroom behaviour) and learn a few lessons as well as recognise some changes since it's initial publication.
You can purchase 'Supporting behaviour with science - classroom behaviour' here don't forget to send your questions and quandaries for future episodes to:
Classroombehavioursolutions@gmail.com to hear them discussed on future episodes.
Hi and welcome to our second interview episode this time with the awesome Matt Cicoria MS, BCBA, LBA. Matt is the host of 'The behavioural observations' podcast and runs Positive Behaviour Outcomes, LLC.
It was a real privilege to spend time speaking with Matt and we covered a huge amount of ground during the time we had.
Among other topics we covered:
- The good behaviour game
- The power of fluency
- The power of established routines
- The argument in favour of whole class behaviour support systems
- Precision teaching
- The importance of engagement and whole class responding
- How to use interviews to find the function of behaviour
Matt has provided a list of awesome links that compliment our discussion. I 100% recommend spending some time looking through these resources and you should certainly give Matt's Podcast (Behaviour Observations) a listen. It is truly awesome!!!
- Matt's Main Website - The behaviour observations podcast - Very worth a listen for ABA professionals and novices alike
- Follow Matt on Instagram
- Are you a BCBA? You can get your CEU's from Matt Here
- The Good Behavior Game podcast
- How to Improve Transitions in Classrooms (study)
- Intervention Central (an amazing resource of behavioral and academic interventions)
- A Classic “Opportunities to Respond” paper
- Curricular revision is sometimes better than a ‘behavior plan’
- Heward et al. (1996). “Everybody participates in this class”
You can purchase 'Supporting behaviour with science - classroom behaviour' here Don't forget to send your questions and quandaries for future episodes to:
Classroombehavioursolutions@gmail.com to hear them discussed on future episodes.
In our first ever interview episode we meet the inspirational Kierran Pearce. Kierran Pearce is the creator of the Multi-Schools Council in Essex an organisation that seeks to learn from individuals with additional needs and help raise awareness of their view points when it comes to education and futures.
During this interview we discuss:
- The Multi-Schools Council and how to go about forming one yourself
- Kierran's new book - 'A Toolkit for Teachers: Autism, ADHD and Mental Health'. Written in partnership with the amazing multi-schools council
- The things young people with autism, ADHD and mental health conditions wish educators knew
- How to best support positive classroom behaviour with young people with autism, ADHD or mental health conditions.
Buy 'A Toolkit for Teachers: Autism, ADHD and Mental Health' here
And learn more about the multi-schools council here
You can purchase 'Supporting behaviour with science - classroom behaviour' here don't forget to send your questions and quandaries for future episodes to:
Classroombehavioursolutions@gmail.com to hear them discussed on future episodes.
We have spoken loads about the function of behaviour but how do you find out what the function is?
This week we become behaviour detectives and explore the exciting world of ABC data sheets and how they can help us to discover function and build effective interventions.
You can purchase 'Supporting behaviour with science - classroom behaviour' here don't forget to send your questions and quandaries for future episodes to:
Classroombehavioursolutions@gmail.com to hear them discussed on future episodes.
Often challenging behaviour we see in mainstream environments are motivated by escape. Escape from work, escape from peers, escape from sensory inputs even escape from staff.
It is so important to recognise when this is the case and even more important to know how to support a pupil when there behaviour is motivated by escape.
In this weeks episode we explore the importance of escape maintained behaviour and how to best support it.
You can purchase 'Supporting behaviour with science - classroom behaviour' here don't forget to send your questions and quandaries for future episodes to:
Classroombehavioursolutions@gmail.com to hear them discussed on future episodes.
In this weeks episode we look at 3 key ways you can fine tune ANY whole class or whole school behaviour support system. This is real practical advice which you can follow and make real changes TODAY!!!!
You can purchase 'Supporting behaviour with science - classroom behaviour' here don't forget to send your questions and quandaries for future episodes to:
Classroombehavioursolutions@gmail.com to hear them discussed on future episodes.
This week in the Classroom Behaviour Support podcast we look at the four primary reasons (or functions) for any behaviour. We talk about making some guesses on what the function might be and then how that function can ultimately help us to discover the best possible intervention to support behaviour change. This is our last episode in a while with a specific focus on the science of behaviour. Enjoy :)
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You can purchase 'Supporting behaviour with science - classroom behaviour' here don't forget to send your questions and quandaries for future episodes to:
Classroombehavioursolutions@gmail.com to hear them discussed on future episodes.
In this episode we start to uncover the basics of the scientific theory around behaviour with the most important question what exactly is behaviour and what actually impacts behaviour. In this first of a series of behaviour theory based episodes we give you the grounding in behaviour and it's influences to help lay the ground work for later content. Hope you enjoy.
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This weeks episode focuses on reinforcement and punishment. The idea here is to address some misconceptions around these two vitally important concepts and answer the question 'what if my pupil/class doesn't respond to reinforcement?' There is also some time given over the to numerous pitfalls of punishment and why this is best avoided.
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This week we address the important relationship between behaviour, reinforcement and behavioural effort. Effort is a huge part of the behavioural equation and it is vital to recognise that effort is different for different people.
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Hey guys this is episode 0 and it's a chance for me to tell you all about the podcast and the plans going forward. Remember this is the very beginning. Let me promise you one thing here and now. If you listen to this podcast, if you stick with the theory stuff in the first few weeks this will revolutionise the way you look at behaviour in your classroom and your school. See you soon for the first official episode. Don't forget to share and subscribe on whatever platform you're using.
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