The Pyramid Model
for handling Challenging Behaviors
What is the Pyramid Model?
Watch the 15 minute Introduction
Skip the first 10 minutes of this video if you are
crunched for time and need to get to the meat.
Main Points in this video:
10:00 Teach rather than punish
11:30 Possible messages children are trying to communicate when they misbehave.
14:15 When a child's misbehavior is effective in one setting or with a certain person, they may try it in other settings or with other individuals. If the misbehavior is not effective in getting what they want, they catch on and won't do the misbehavior in that context because it was not rewarded.
Tier 1: Nurturing and Responsive Relationships
Hot Buttons and "Reframing"
Handouts
Here are links to the handouts mentioned in Tier 1.
Tier 1: More about "Hot Buttons"
5 minutes
Tier 1: More about reframing
More about reframing.
Tier 1: The Relationship Piggy Bank
Tier 1 High Quality Supportive Environments
The Physical Environment
Tier 1 High Quality Supportive Environments
Schedules, Routines, and Transitions
Tier 1 High Quality Supportive
Environments
Individual schedules, circle time, and other misc ideas
Tier 1 High Quality Supportive Environments
Job Charts
Tier 1 High Quality Supportive Environments
Rules
Tier 1 High Quality Supportive Environments
Review of both parts of Tier 1
Tier 2
Introduction
and knowing when to teach
Tier 2
How to teach a child acquisition of a new skill
Tier 2
Helping Children Develop Positive Friendships
Tier 2
Friendship Skills Continued
Tier 2
Teaching Emotions: Emotional Literacy
Tier 2
Emotions Part 2: Specific Strategies
An Explanation about
Brain Development