Behavior Management Strategies

 
Once you understand what is maintaining the inappropriate behavior, you are ready to develop a plan to address this behavior.  This plan should be carefully arranged and it should include the input from all important stakeholders (parents, teachers, and sometimes the student).   If you don’t have “buy-in” from all parties involved, then your plan will not be implemented with consistency and accuracy.  As you implement this plan, it is important to carefully monitor the situation and collect data on the behavior, so you can objectively determine whether the plan is having its intended effect.  Keep in mind that behavior management plans often undergo minor (and sometimes major) adjustments along the way. 

Pre-K and K
Elementary (grades 1 - 5)
Secondary (grades 6 - 12)
Everyone (Pre-K - 12)
   
Simple strategies to change behavior  

Classroom accommodations overview

Self-regulation skills and strategies to address specific behaviors

Behavior management plans

Developing behavior management plans: The six steps

Handbook for New Teachers
Special Needs Handbook for Teachers
 

Story strips to define expected behavior

Overview of story strips

Behavior Strips
First – Then story strips
Safety skills story strips
Use Make a Schedule (online version) to develop story strips
Use Make a Schedule (desktop version) to develop story strips

Songs and games to define expected behavior

Bus Safety Songs

Fire Safety
Song and resources 
Mall Safety Song
Street Safety Songs
Songs and resources 
Stay in the Yard and Guard the Yard
interactive games
Splish! Splash!
water safety game
Hot! Hot! Hot!
fire safety game and cards
Fire and Street Safety
interactive program
Playground Safety
game and cards
Pet Safety
games and printable cards