Posted by Lajette on September 29, 1999 at 23:15:25:
In Reply to: sp. ed. and behavior posted by Wendy on September 28, 1999 at 18:31:41:
: Since this is my first year in special education and working with
: the SED I have tons of questions! The first one I would love to get
: some advice on is....
: If you have a student is exhibiting and verbalizing the reasons for his
: misbehaviors as being wanting to be cool like another student..what
: are some strategies to offset this behavior?
One thing I've tried, not to react to copycat verbalizations or misbehaviors, but really over-react to
original positives. This works if you've got some rapport with the student I think, but can backfire if you
don't.