Intensive Teaching

Interactions

Pre-Service Workshop

Intensive Teaching

The process of de-escalating a youth who is out of instructional control.

AGENDA

Handling emotionally charged situations

Behaviors staff youth

Process and expectations

Goals of Intensive Teaching

Calm Youth Down

Help Youth Regain Control

Complete Role Plays to Help Youth Learn Alternative Behavior

Intensive Teaching Praise Approximations

“You are doing a good job using a calmer voice tone.”

Positive Motivation Statements “ You can earn positive points just for sitting in

the chair” Empathy and Reality Statements

“ I know it’s difficult to stop crying, but you’ll feel better when this is over.”

Quiet Time “ Why don’t you take 5 minutes and relax,

then we can try it again.” Relaxation Techniques

Deep breathing, stretches, shaking out arms, etc

Start positive corrections Voice and Body Check

“ I need you to sit up straight like me, and in a calm voice say ‘I’m ready to accept my consequences”

FAMILY TEACHERS REMEMBER TO…..

WHAT ARE POWER STRUGGLES? Power struggles occur whenever you are trying to

make the youth do or not do something instead of giving them choices.

Some examples would be :

Trying to grab something from them

Trying to move them somewhere

Verbally arguing or engaging with youth when they make comments they know are offensive or untrue.

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Stay CalmSpeak SlowlyReasonable ProximityAvoid Power struggles

What Can Positive Corrections look like

during the de-escalation process?

1. Role Plays“ Let’s practice how to accept consequences and

you can earn some positive points.” 2. Following Instructions “ For sitting in that chair you just earned +5000

points back.” 3. Correcting Mistakes

“ You can start earning some of the points back by cleaning up the point card you ripped up and rewriting it neatly”

4. Completing tasks such as assignments, chores, etc,“ Why you are getting ready to do a voice and body

check why don’t you start earning some of those points back by doing the dishes and then we will see how you feel.”

Intensive Teaching1. -50,000

2. Use combination of Empathy Statements Reality Statement Praise approximations and use motivation

statements Time to control emotions; quiet time

3. When Youth Starts to De-escalate

Do Voice and Body Checks Start having youth earn points back Role Play following instructions, accepting

consequences and original issue.

Intensive TeachingConsequences and Role Plays Example

Pre-Teach Accepting Consequences Negative Consequences

Write Down Consequence -50,000

Positive Consequences Youth Earns +5,000 for Accepting

Consequence (PC) Complete a Role Play for Following Instructions

Youth Earns +5,000 for Following Instructions Complete a Role Play for Accepting Feedback

Youth Earns +5,000 for Accepting Feedback Praise Youth Corrective Teaching / Original Issue

No more than 1/3 pts

Intensive Teaching

Original Issue

Return to the Original Issue and Do a

Complete Corrective Teaching Interaction

Intensive Teaching Sandwich

Original Issue Accepting

Consequences Non-Responsive/

Intensive Teaching (Following

Instructions) De-escalation Non-Responsive/

Intensive Teaching Consequence and Role Play

(Following Instructions) Accept

Consequences Consequence and Role Play

Original Issue Consequence and Role Play

Intensive Teaching

Follow - Up

Role-Play Skills Discuss a Relaxation Technique /

Self-Control Strategy Apologies Teach Relationship Building Skills Reinforce Appropriate Behaviors

Follow-Up During the next 24 hours

General Advice Finish what you start. You may trade off

with another staff, but finish the interaction when you can.

Document episodes - Frequency, Duration, and Intensity.

Inform your consultant. Assess yourself critically: relationships, use

of preventive teaching, quality components, consistency, etc.

Remember not to engage in any arguments with the youth, do not let them “push your buttons”

Just say “ Right now I just need you to follow instructions, we can talk about that later if you would like.”

Do not listen to what the youth says, watch what they do.

Try to maintain as normal as schedule as possible; business as usual

Frequent Out-Of-Control Episodes May Be Signs of

Insufficient Preventive Teaching

(particularly to basic skills) Relationship Development Problems Inconsistent Teaching / Tolerances

(threats, frequent prompts, avoiding teaching, lecturing or counseling rather than using corrective teaching)

High Tolerances (ignoring or not recognizing inappropriate behavior)

Unintentional reinforcement for that behavior

RESOURCES

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Intensive Teaching

Interactions

Pre-Service Workshop

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