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Case Studies ("Kyle" is a 1st grade ESL student with an English…

- - - - Giving him an extra job will keep him occupied. Since he finishes early frequently, keeping him too busy to distract students could be helpful.
    - - Since he is mostly doing a good job in class, I don't want to focus on punishing him when he acts out. I want to focus on his positive behaviors and help him associate class with the positive feelings he gets when he is praised for doing something good. We can keep a chart together to track how often he is maintaining positive behaviors in class.
  - - - I feel like Kyle knows that he is at a higher level than the other students, and with a behavior contract, I believe that he will feel that he is being held to a higher standard and will strive to meet that standard.
  - - - If the behavior contract is broken, listing the offending behaviors and incidents in a daily behavior form to send home to parents would be the next step. At that point, getting parents involved is going to be important in order to make any significant change.
    - - If the daily behavior plan doesn't work, then the next step is to make a behavior intervention plan with his parents and other teachers. Kyle's behavior will be tracked and together the parents and teachers will come up with a behavior plan and consequences if he fails this plan. This plan will be enacted for 2-4 weeks and his behavior will be tracked to see if there has been any significant improvement in his classroom behavior.
- - - - Keeping Mike occupied will hopefully keep him from harassing other students and crating an uncomfortable class atmosphere for them. Something to fidget with could be a start, though he will have to be monitored in case he tries to hit other students with it.
    - - Making sure to praise him when he follows rules and instructions could help in installing a positive feeling with Mike. Hopefully this will give him motivation to try and do a good job in class. Using a chart that accumulates stamps or stickers could be a visual motivation for him.
  - - - One big issue Mike seems to have is teachers telling him what to do. He is almost always defiant to any authority figure giving him instructions. He can be very stubborn, so these struggles come to an impasse quickly. Giving him a break time could help him to cool down in order to avoid more conflicts with teachers.
    - - Analyzing some of the trends of his behavior could be helpful to teachers. Considering the fact that he gets in trouble almost every day and will commit the same offences regardless of consequence, tracking and analyzing his behavior with a Functional Behavior Assessment would be a good first step for future behavior plans for him.
  - - - The next step after making a functional behavior assessment is to make a behavior intervention plan. With the data of his behaviors being tracked, this information will be useful when meeting with his parents, other teachers, and support staff in order to make a plan for success for Mike. The plan will be implemented for 2-4 weeks before deciding on a next step.
    - - If the other steps have failed to yield any significant results, it will be time for a counselor referral. It will not only allow for Mike to get the individual attention he needs, but also allow other students to not have his distraction in class.