ain’t just misbehavin’ -...
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Ain’t Just Misbehavin’
Myhope• Toinform.• Tosparkdebateabouteducationalphilosophy,educationalneuroscienceandeducationalpracticeastheyarerelatedtochallengingbehavior.
• Nowthinkofsomeoneyouworkwithorlivewithwhohastroublesomebehavior.Writethisperson’snamedown.
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I think the fundamental aspect of autism – the feature that you must have to be considered autistic – is either an absence or an impairment of the social instinct. Lorna Wing - 2009
Andyet…therearestudentswithASDwhodonothaveasocialgoal
ontheirEducationalPlan.Kari Dunn Buron www.
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WhatdoesearlydevelopmentofSocialCogni8onlooklike?
• Eyecontact• Jointsocialattention• Jointsocialpleasure• Responsivesmiles• Maintainingsocialengagement
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Whendoesthedevelopmentofsocialthinkingbegin?
Photo: New father with 4 day old daughter
Babies become addicted to eyes.
5montholdbaby
• Littlebodycontrol• Jointsocialattention• Jointsocialpleasure• Visuallyfollowingapoint
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Notsharing
• heisselfish• heisspoiled• heismean• heisselfcentered• heisinconsiderate• heisgreedy
• Helacksjointattentionandjointpleasure?
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Thewordsweusetodescribeabehaviorinfluenceshowwethinkaboutthebehavior.
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“ThedevelopmentofbrainimagingistheequivalentofGalileo’sinven8onof
thetelescope,onlywearenowexploringinnerspaceinsteadofouter
space.”
AllanHobson(HarvardPsychiatry)
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Social Cognition affects:
• Howapersonunderstandsotherpeople• Howapersonmanipulatesotherpeople• Predictingtheactionsofothers• Thelevelofcomfortonehasinsocialsettings• Challengingbehaviorandissuesofemotionalregulationthatcanresultfromsocialconfusionandsocialanxiety
A child with autism may be placed in a classroom with other fifth-graders because he can do fifth-grade-level academic work. However, his social behavior may be more like that of a kindergarten-age child. This should not be cause for alarm among the
teaching staff, but should be an expected and planned-for consequence of the
developmental disorder of autism.!!
NancyMinshewandDianeWilliamsLearnersontheAu8smSpectrum:PreparingHighlyQualified
Educators
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Cri8calQues8onsandthoughts
• Howdoweteachskillsifwedon’tknowhowwelearnedthem?Thisisnoteasy.
• Howdowechangethewaywethinkaboutthebehaviorwesee?
• Changinghowwethinkaboutdisruptiveoraggressivebehaviorwillactuallyrequireaculturechange.
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Jamesis6yearsold.HewalksintohisKindergartenclasseverydayandhitshisclassmate,Rosie.
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Andrewis16yearsold.Whenaclassmateanswersateacherques8onwithanincorrect
answer,hecallsthem“stupid”andcringeswithfrustra8on.
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Socialcogni8onneedstobeconsideredwheneveryouareobservingsociallyodd,
confusingorfrustra8ngbehavior.
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Thinkaboutthepersonwho’snameyouwrotedownwhenwestartedthisaXernoon.Howdoesthatperson’schallengerelatetosocialcogni8on?
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SelfAwareness SocialAwareness
Self-Management RelationshipManagement
4 Cornerstones of Social / Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman Kari Dunn Buron www.
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SimonBaronCohenTheEmpathizing-SystemizingTheory
• Theory:peoplewithASDhaveHyper-systemizingandHypo-empathizing.
• Thedrivetocreatesystemsforincreasedunderstanding.
• Systemsarepredictable,routinizedandlogical.
• Thisisastrengthbasedtheory
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“Designing supports and accommodations is not beyond our capabilities as a society . . . first we have to learn to think more intelligently about people who think differently.” --Steve Silberman (Neurotribes)
A method to teach social confusion by teaching social-awareness, self-awareness, self-management, and relationship management through the use of a system. It is a strength based approach.
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The Incredible 5-Point Scale
A 5 is too Loud!
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A5-PointScale:
• Addressesself-management,relationshipmanagement,self-awarenessandsocialawareness
• Breaksdifficultconceptsinto5parts• Isavisualstrategy• Canbeintroducedwithastory• Canbemadesmall(businesscardsize)tocarry• Shouldbereviewedpriortopredictablydifficult
moments• Canbeintroducedthroughavideo
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Important****
• The5-PointScaleisnotabehaviormanagementtool.
• Itisateachingtool–createdtoteachsocialandemotionalconcepts.
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Make your scales positive
Mo8va8on“Thewaynaturegetsustodowhatitwantsis
bymakingitapleasure.”DanielGoleman
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incorporate special interests
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• 5=Tigger• 4=Rabbit• 3=Pooh• 2=Owl• 1=Eeyore
Teaching the concept of energy
Getting input Perspective Taking on our part
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MeetSam
Thinkabout:
-howsoonhetalksinnumbers-howwillingheistoengagewith
me-howquicklyhecatchesontothe
system
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6thGradeGirls
• 5=illegal(“I’mhungry)• 4=scary;shemaynotwanttobearoundyou(starring)
• 3=maymakeheralittleuncomfortable(givingthefaceandsinging)
• 2=playingagameofSorryandtalking• 1=sayinghiinthehallwayandjustwalkingon
Threatening words Angry words Hurtful words Just fine words Sweet words
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Thinkaboutthepersonyouthoughtofthis
morning.
Giventhebehavioryouobserve,canyouthinkofaconceptorskillthattheperson
mightbemissing?Writeitdown.
Youcandevelopascaletoaddressthatconcept.
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Haveasystemforobjec8velythinkingaboutchallengingbehavior:
• Whatishedoingthatyouwishhewasn’t?• Whatwouldyouratherhedo?• Whatskillsdoesheneedtodothat?• Howcanyouteachthoseskills?RossGreene
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• Whatishedoingthatyouwishhewasn’t?– hitting
• Whatwouldyouratherhedo?– share
• Whatskillsdoesheneedtodothat?– Jointattention/sharingemotions
• Howcanyouteachthoseskills?– Videoselfmodeling
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VideoselfmodelingPositiveoutcomesonlyBasedonTomBuggey’sworkOtherkindsofvideomodeling(commercialtoyoutube
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Readaboutit:
YourBrainonFic?onNYTimes
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Offernarrativeswithmaincharacterswhohavesimilarstruggles.
Readingaboutanexperiences2mulatesthesamepartofthebrainthatiss2mulatedinreal2me.
Even listening to stories about relatable emotional events can stimulate the emotional centers of the brain.
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“Children, just like us adults, react badly to the unknown, to the strange and unfamiliar.” Dr. Bruce Perry
Execu8vefunc8on
• organiza8on/impulsecontrol• emo8onalregula8on• flexiblethinking/workingmemory
ChallengingbehaviorsareoAensymptomsoftheanxietyandfrustra?onthatgohandinhandwithaninabilitytopredict,organizeandorderonesownlife.
Yourexecu8vefunc8oningskillshelpyoustayfocusedonyourtaskwithout
gebnghopelesslydistracted,frustratedorangry.
TheMarshmallowTest• Conductedinthe1970’satStanford–4yearolds• Childrenwhodidit,foundwaystodistractthemselves.
• 14yearsafter:moresuccessforthechildrenwhowaited
• ThosewhowaitedoutscoredonSATsby210points;atage30hadbetteroutcomesinjobandhealth
• Morepredictivethanparent’seducationlevelorIQ–whyaren’tweteachingthis?
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Cogni8vecontrol=thecapacityforkeepingyouraden8onwhereyou
wantittobe.
Wecanteachthis!
Thepowerofpretending
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Pretending uses the same brain networks as real behavior. The child is using and building EF skills.
The Batman Effect Stephanie Carlson
“ChronicOverwhelm”
• Hairtriggeramygdala
• Ruminatingincreases• Badeffectsofcortisol• Teachrecoveryforbestprognosis
DanielGoleman/RichardDavidson.TrainingtheBrain
“Ifyouremo8onalabili8esaren’tinhand,ifyoudon’thaveselfawareness,ifyouarenotabletomanagedistressingemo8ons,ifyoucan’thaveempathyandhaveeffec8verela8onshipsthennomaderhowsmart
youare,youarenotgoingtogetveryfar.”
DanielGoleman
“Understressthebrainfavorsrigidhabitmemoryovermoreflexible
cogni8vememory.”
Dr.MargaretSchmidt,Biologist
Ifapersoncandetectandinterprettheirinternalstates,itispossibletolearntodis-engagefromstressful
situa8ons.
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Buron, Manns, Schultz and Thomas
The Calming Sequence
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HowtoteachRelaxa8on
• Relaxationmustbepracticedtobecomeastronghabit–routine.
• Incorporate“donothing”activities(easy–walk,swim,walkthedog)
• Addamantra(self-talk)“ItisOK”.“Icandothis”.“Iamcapable”tostories.
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“Thebrainchangesinresponsetopaderned,repe88veexperiences:themoreyourepeatsomething,themore
engraineditbecomes.
Dr.BrucePerry
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MOODINDUCTION(MARKDURAND)
Startthedaywithanactivitythatmakesmefeelgood.Thisisnotearned,itisscheduled
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TryInstead:
• “I’mtakingadeepbreath”• “Let’scountto10”• “Let’strytalkingata2”• “Letmehelp”• Silence–useasupportivefacialexpression
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DAILYCHECKIN
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Use a calendar
SOCIALEMOTIONALLEARNING
CheckoutCASELforprogram,schoolandevendistrict-wideideasforusingrelaxationinschool.www.casel.org
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Why is this important?
Stress and anxiety can play a significant role in triggering unwanted social behavior and yet direct teaching of relaxation is rarely seen on the IEP, behavior plans or as a part of social learning curriculum.
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Nowuseinterests
• 5hamburgers• 5dinosaurs• 5spaceships• 5flags• 5computers
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Rela8onshipManagement
Ifsomeonesmilesatyou,whatareyoulikelytodo?StoryofKevinandAaron
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Friendshipsleadtothedevelopmentofflexiblethinkingandcompromise.
Itisimportanttofindotherswhoshare
interestsandstrengths.
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The power of social skills groups
Whyrela8onshipbuildingandmakingfriendshipsaregoodgoals?
• Friendshipsteachresilienceandflexiblethinking.• Flexiblethinkingisnecessaryforapersontorealizethereareseveraloptionsforsolvingaproblem.
• Socialnegotiationskills.• Evenonegoodfriendhelps.
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A5isneverworthit:Thedamagingeffectsofstresshormones
(cor8solandadrenaline)
• Repeatedlyhavingtofacestressfulsituations• Levelstoohigh–toolongisbad–aneedforrelief.
• Thiscancreateanimbalanceintheimmuneandnervoussystems.
• Personsusceptibletoillnessandproblemssleeping
• Noteachinghappensanyway.• Wecan’tleavestressmanagementtochance.
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Teacherscanreducetheirownstressandstudentstressbyshowing
compassion.
Youdon’tevenneedtoknowwhytobecompassionate.
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WhenThingsFallApartn Remaincalm(emotionsarecontagious)n SILENCEn Protectothersandyourselfn Afterward,rethinkthestudent’ssupportplantoincreasechancesforasuccessfuldaytomorrow.
n Avoidawfulizing(languageofdoom)
Thoughtsonchildrenandbehavior• Howadultsthinkaboutbehaviorinvolvesstronglyheldbeliefs
• Longtermchangerequiresachangeinthosebeliefs
• Influencingother’sbehaviorisasocialprocessSimpleawarenessisnotenough–takes8metosortoutwhatyouknowfromwhatyouthoughtyouknew.
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5=Noquestion.AgainsttheLaw!4=Couldbeagainstthelawifsomeoneisafraid.Willgetyoufiredandpeoplewillbeangry.3=Unexpectedbehavior.Peopledon’tknowwhattothink2=OK–otherpeoplearefeelingOKaboutyou.1=Great!Thismightevenmakesomeonehappy.
Iden8fyatleast2thingsyoulearnedduringthispresenta8onthatyouwillapplyinyourpersonal
orprofessionallife.
Iden8fy3stepsyouwilltakeinthenextmonthtoimplementwhatyoulearnedinyourpersonal
orprofessionallife.
√AlldoneJ
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