Risk Factors of Behavior Summary due in 24 hours

 due in 24 hours

Risk Factors of Behavior Summary

[WLOs: 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Project IDEAL Online’s

Classroom Management (Links to an external site.)

web page. From this website, be sure to also review

Positive Reinforcement (Links to an external site.)

,

Involving Parents (Links to an external site.)

, and

Consequences (Links to an external site.)

. Beyond just these resources, you are encouraged to continue looking through the additional resources within this website.

One of the most important aspects of your role as an educator will be to effectively address challenging behaviors that occur in your classroom. In your reading this week you learned that Klass, Guskin, and Thomas (1995) and McCabe and Frede (2007) define challenging behavior as “a pattern of behavior that interferes with a child’s cognitive, social, or emotional development” (as cited in Kaiser & Sklar Rasminsky, 2017, section 1.1). As teachers, it can be difficult to address challenging behaviors in the classroom. This assignment is your opportunity to understand the risk factors of why challenging behaviors occur and create strategies on how to address these behaviors.

Before beginning the assignment, read the following two scenarios and select one for your paper:

Scenario A: Olivia is a 3-year-old girl in a classroom of 20 children. Olivia comes from a single-parent household and lives with her mother. Olivia’s mother had Olivia as a teenager and is currently working full time and attending classes to earn her high school equivalency. In the last few weeks Olivia’s behavior has been described as disruptive. She is continually acting impulsively and has been observed saying negative things to her peers.

Scenario B: Jose is a 2-year-old boy in a classroom of 15 children. Jose comes from a two-parent household. Both of Jose’s parents work full time and Jose’s mom is pregnant with her second child. Jose has been described as having low language skills and is often seen hitting his peers during free play times. Jose has trouble sitting at circle time and receives constant reminders to stay in his chair during classroom activities.

To prepare for your assignment,

• Refer to the Week 1 Instructor Guidance for further tips and examples that will support your success with this discussion.
• Review Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of your textbook (Risk factors are located on sections 2.1 and 2.2).
• Refer to chart 1.1 titled “A Rose by Any Other Name” for help.

In your paper, select one of the scenarios to write about and consider the question “Why are some children more challenging than others?” Be sure to address the following:

• Identify and describe three risk factors which influence behavior (may include considerations of brain development).
• Discuss how each factor influences behavior.
• Analyze strategies teachers may use to support the process of changing or replacing behaviors.
• Brainstorm ideas to involve parents in the behavior modification process.

The Risk Factors of Behavior Summary paper

• Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)
• Must include a separate title page with the following:

  Title of paper
  Student’s name
  Course name and number
  Instructor’s name
  Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to

APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.)

.

• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

  For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.

• Must use at least one scholarly sources in addition to the course text.

  The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

• Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

 

Required Resources

Text

Kaiser, B., & Sklar Rasminsky, J. (2017).

Challenging behavior in young children: Understanding, preventing, and responding effectively

(4th ed.). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu

• Chapter 1: What Is Challenging Behavior?
• Chapter 2: Risk Factors
• Chapter 3: Resilience
• Chapter 4: Behavior and the Brain

Web Pages

Project IDEAL Online. (n.d.).

Classroom management (Links to an external site.)

. Retrieved from http://www.projectidealonline.org/v/classroom-management

• This web page provides information about classroom management and will assist you in your Risk Factors of Behavior Summary assignment this week.
  Accessibility Statement does not exist.
  Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)

Project IDEAL Online. (n.d.). Consequences (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from http://www.projectidealonline.org/v/consequences/

• This web page provides information about utilizing consequences to reshape behavior and will assist you in your Risk Factors of Behavior Summary assignment this week.
  Accessibility Statement does not exist.
  Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)

Project IDEAL Online. (n.d.).

Involving parents (Links to an external site.)

. Retrieved from http://www.projectidealonline.org/v/involving-parents/

• This web page provides information about involving parents within the behavior modification attempts and will assist you in your Risk Factors of Behavior Summary assignment this week.
  Accessibility Statement does not exist.
  Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)

Project IDEAL Online. (n.d.).

Positive reinforcement (Links to an external site.)

. Retrieved from http://www.projectidealonline.org/v/positive-reinforcement  

• This web page provides information about positive reinforcement and will assist you in your Risk Factors of Behavior Summary assignment this week.
  Accessibility Statement does not exist.
  Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)

Website

Responsive classroom (Links to an external site.)

. (https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/tag/challenging-behaviors/)

• This website provides information about challenging behaviors and will assist you in your Challenging Behaviors discussion this week.
  Accessibility Statement does not exist.
  Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)

24 hours2 pages

Assignment: Risk Factors of Behavior Summary

 

Why do some children exhibit challenging behaviors, while others do not? While we don’t really know the “cause” of challenging behaviors, we can distinguish different risk factors that can lead to these behaviors. Research has found that while risk factors increase the possibility of negative behavior, the outcome of how that child will behave is often dependent on genetic and environmental factors (Kaiser & Raminsky, section 2.0, 2012). For your assignment this week, you are asked to choose a scenario, identify three risk factors the child may have, and discuss how the educator can best support the child both in the classroom and at home. How is a risk factor determined?

Environmental factors are defined by the child’s peer, school, neighborhood, and societal influences (Kaiser & Raminsky, section 2.0, 2012). Examples of an environmental factor could be a child who lives in poverty, or who comes from a teenage mother

. Parenting, the social environment and its effects on child development (Links to an external site.)

, describes the effect the physical environment has on a child’s relationship to the world. It is important when reading the scenarios that you consider the environment that the child is exposed to. How could the child’s environment directly affect his/her behavior?  Talking about both biological factors as opposed to environmental factors can be phrased as nature vs. nurture.

 

Before beginning the assignment, read the following 2 scenarios and select one for your paper:

Scenario A: Olivia is a three-year-old girl in a classroom of twenty children. Olivia comes from a single parent household, and lives with her mother. Olivia’s mother had Olivia as a teenager and is currently working full time and attending classes to earn her high school equivalency.  In the last few weeks Olivia’s behavior has been described as disruptive. She is continually acting impulsively and has been observed saying negative things to her peers.

Scenario B: Jose is a two-year-old boy in a classroom of fifteen children. Joe comes from a two-parent household. both of Joe’s parents work full time, and Jose’s mom is pregnant with her second child. Jose has been described as having low language skills and is often seen hitting his peers during free play times. Jose has trouble sitting at circle time and receives constant reminders to stay in his chair during classroom activities. In your paper, select one of the scenarios to write about and consider the question Why are some children more challenging than others?

Be sure to address the following:

· Identify and describe three risk factors which influence behavior (may include considerations of brain development).

· Instructor Tip: 
Remember risk factors can be either biological or environmental. As you read the scenario you chose, keep in mind if what’s being described falls into either category.

· Discuss how each factor influences behavior

·
Instructor Tip: 

For each factor you chose, think about how this could have affected the child. What impact has it made of the child’s behavior?

· Analyze strategies teachers may use to support the process of changing or replacing behaviors

·
Instructor Tip: 
How can the educator support the child? Think of the strategies we discussed such as positive reinforcement, re-direction, or modeling.

· Brainstorm ideas to involve parents in the behavior modification process

·
Instructor Tip: 
Think about how you can help the busy parent in the scenario you chose. What home-school connection can you provide to help the child and still meet the time constraints of the parent?

“A child whose behavior pushes you away is a child who needs a connection before anything else” —Kelly Bartlett

References

All images used under license from istock

Hawaii Early Learning Profile (2nd Ed.). (2010). Palto Alto, CA: Vort Corporation.

Kaiser, B. & Raminsky, J. S.  (2012). Challenging behavior in young children: Understanding, preventing and responding effectively (3rd Ed.) Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, Inc.

U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start Bureau (2006). 

What is developmentally appropriate – and what is a concern? (Technical Assistance Paper No. 10) (Links to an external site.)

. Retrieved from http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/hs/resources/ECLKC_Bookstore/PDFs/TA10%5B1%5D.pd