Behavioral Accommodations & Supports
- Establish a calm, structured, predictable environment.
- Increase the monitoring and supervision.
- Use discreet private signals with the student.
- Place student near tolerant peer/good role model.
- Increase distance between desks.
- Allow student to reverse and straddle chair (for wider base of support).
- Plan student seating (bus, classroom, cafeteria, auditorium).
- Provide student with cooling off options (time and space to regroup).
- Provide student with 2-seat option (e.g., desk a or desk b) and different options for doing work in various locations/positions.
- Define child’s work space and boundaries (e.g., colored masking tape).
- Utilize class and/or individual behavior plans.
- Allow student to move to another location in room to regain control (student initiated).
- Increase communication with parent – more frequent conferences and planning meetings trying to build a partnership on behalf of student.
- Increase phone contact with parents remembering to share positive observations as well as concerns.
- Establish a home/school communication form or system for behavior monitoring.
- Buddy up with another teacher (e.g., time away in other classroom).
- Identify what will be most motivating as incentives for that student (e.g., leadership roles, responsibilities, tangible rewards, working to earn tangible or activity reinforcers individually or for the group).
- Increase opportunity for positive reinforcement when displaying appropriate behavior and increase immediacy of reward schedule.
- Significantly increase positive attention and encouragement.
- Let student know you are interested in helping him/her, dialogue with student about his/her needs, encourage open communication.
- Give student choices (a or b), and involve in own problem-solving.
- Notify and conference with other school personnel (e.g., counselor, assistant principal, other teachers).
- Discuss inappropriate behavior with student in private.
- Write a contract for student behavior (e.g., goal to work on/reward).
- Use role play with student to practice appropriate behavior.
- Increase the immediacy of rewards.
- Look for small steps to success and positively reinforce those steps.