Positive Reinforcement Behavior: Blossom Rosebud
Running Head: REINFORCEMENT WHEN DEALING
Positive Replacement Behavior
A) Reinforcement when dealing with behaviors, is a stimuli that increases the likelihood of a certain behavior to reoccur, reinforcement typically occurs after the behavior that is supposed to be reinforced. There are two types of reinforcement, Positive and negative, both of them serving the same purpose but providing the results in different means. Positive reinforcement occurs when a behavior is being reinforced by "rewarding " the desired behavior. Examples of positive reinforcement include giving a child praise for cleaning his room, taking the child out for a special dinner for getting a good report card, or letting a child get a new toy for being good on a …show more content…
We hope her new behavior is positive, because if her new behaviors are more positive, she should be much happier and prone to repeat the good behavior; more productive so that she is able to stay on task with her work and hopefully maintain good grades; and finally more informative so that if she does run into an issue she will feel more comfortable in letting a staff member know in a positive way what her needs are, so that those needs can be fulfilled as soon as …show more content…
As a team we are going to use both positive and negative reinforcement to help replace her verbal aggression with a more calm behavior. When Blossom first starts to escalate, the educator should try to calm her down, when Blossom does calm down it is important that the educator thanks her for calming down and then proceed with solving whatever problem she is having. If you see or sense a situation where Blossom has the tendency to become verbally aggressive towards a student or a staff member, try to remind her that if she displays that behavior she will have consequences to face, but if she doesn 't display those behaviors she can avoid the unwanted consequences. It is our hope that by stopping the escalation before it happens, by reminding her what will happen if she becomes aggressive will help reinforce the behavior we do want to see from her before it becomes a problem. It is also our hope that if she does become aggressive, that given her recognition for calming down quickly will help her become calmer quicker when future episodes
Positive Replacement Behavior
A) Reinforcement when dealing with behaviors, is a stimuli that increases the likelihood of a certain behavior to reoccur, reinforcement typically occurs after the behavior that is supposed to be reinforced. There are two types of reinforcement, Positive and negative, both of them serving the same purpose but providing the results in different means. Positive reinforcement occurs when a behavior is being reinforced by "rewarding " the desired behavior. Examples of positive reinforcement include giving a child praise for cleaning his room, taking the child out for a special dinner for getting a good report card, or letting a child get a new toy for being good on a …show more content…
We hope her new behavior is positive, because if her new behaviors are more positive, she should be much happier and prone to repeat the good behavior; more productive so that she is able to stay on task with her work and hopefully maintain good grades; and finally more informative so that if she does run into an issue she will feel more comfortable in letting a staff member know in a positive way what her needs are, so that those needs can be fulfilled as soon as …show more content…
As a team we are going to use both positive and negative reinforcement to help replace her verbal aggression with a more calm behavior. When Blossom first starts to escalate, the educator should try to calm her down, when Blossom does calm down it is important that the educator thanks her for calming down and then proceed with solving whatever problem she is having. If you see or sense a situation where Blossom has the tendency to become verbally aggressive towards a student or a staff member, try to remind her that if she displays that behavior she will have consequences to face, but if she doesn 't display those behaviors she can avoid the unwanted consequences. It is our hope that by stopping the escalation before it happens, by reminding her what will happen if she becomes aggressive will help reinforce the behavior we do want to see from her before it becomes a problem. It is also our hope that if she does become aggressive, that given her recognition for calming down quickly will help her become calmer quicker when future episodes