Tools for Schools
Strategies and approaches
- Differentiate your use of voice, gesture and body language.
- Focus on reducing anxiety and thereby behaviours.
- Use positive reinforcement of expectations through verbal scripts and visual prompts.
- Focus on the behaviour and what it is you would like the child to do – what is it that you (the adulty) want to achieve? Provide support to achieve the aim.
- Ensure a prosocial, relational approach is taken to managing behaviour not a punitive behaviourist approach.
Links
Low arousal approach information.
Last updated 2 November 2021