Behavior Management: High School

High School Behavior Management - Supporting Teachers and Administrators
By: Lilia Hueso and Katalina Chacon 


Common Behaviors
●           Disengagement and independence
●           Daily technology use - phones, iPods, ect
●           Peer pressure
●           Disruptive behavior - clowning around
●           Cliques and crowds
●           Dating and romantic relationships - PDA
●           Complaining and whining

Risky Behaviors                                                                                           
●           Drug and alcohol use
●           Tobacco use
●           Violence, aggression, bullying (fights, gangs)
●           Sexual activity
●           Unhealthy diets
●           Dropout



Developmental Behaviors
●           Self-Identity - Who am I?
●           Body image - boys want to be muscular, girls idolize Hollywood models
●           Exploring sexual identity
●           Autonomy - finding their independent
●           Self-esteem - decline of self-esteem



Strength-based Strategies
●           Self-Development and Identity Interventions
○           Self-Identity, Individuality, The Unique Self
○           Goal: Help adolescents identify personal attributes, such as interest, values, preferences, spiritual beliefs, family, etc.
○           Examples
■           Personal Collage: “All About Me” “Future Self”
■           Artist Self-expression: Poems, songs, stories



●           Self-Expression Interventions
○           The Emotional Self
○           Goal: Help adolescents identify and refine their own preferred means of self-expression
○           Examples
■           Music, art, role-playing, circle of trust, “I” statements, board games - find meaning and identify emotions
●           Social Development Interventions
○           “Teens select friends on the basis of compatibility, shared experiences, and their contribution to the relationship as well as on their personality” (Vernon).
○           Goal: Increase social skills and help identify expectations of appropriate relationships
○           Examples:
■           Model boundaries, group projects, mentor/mentee
●           Build Relationships with Students
○           Goal: Get to know your students, socialize
○           Complement, recognize, and praise when needed and deserved
○           Ask students directly, do not assume
○           Open-door policy, have office hours, free-periods
●           Solution-Focused Program
○           Goal: Make problems solvable
○           Find the exceptions, help students identify them
○           Create the opportunity for change



Resiliency and Grit
●           Administration
○           Address community needs
○           Help create a curriculum that supports all students
●           Teachers
○           Solution-Focused
○           Motivational Interviewing
○           Make the Miracle Question your own

Supporting Administration and Teachers
●           Revisit strategies and techniques
○           What is working? What needs modifying?
●           Recognize strengths
○           Build on skills and success
●           Pay attention to student needs and define goals
●           Focus on the solutions not the problems
●           Collaborate and consult









  





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