Challenging Behavior In The Classroom

` A teacher may have the responsibility of being like a counselor or surrogate parent to the students by focusing and nurturing those in the classroom (Shepard & Linn, 2015, p.90). A teacher has additional responsibilities such as being a chaperone at an extracurricular activity or monitoring students during recess and lunch (Shepard & Linn, 2015, p.90). I believe when supporting all students with challenging behavior that everyone should be treated equitably. It is a teacher 's responsibility to help meet all students ' needs. It may be time consuming, but teams can be created to help support all students. A teacher should incorporate strategies to help meets students ' needs. A teacher 's first job is to teach and there should be no restrictions to that statement. All students …show more content…
I believe as teachers we need to incorporate something from every behavior management model to help support students with challenging behaviors. I believe that teachers should follow certain parts of the assertive discipline model, created by Lee and Marlene Canter. When a student is being good, the teacher should provide feedback and reinforcements to encourage the behavior (Shepard & Linn, 2015, p. 107). A teacher needs to take away from the behavior management model by Haim Ginott that a teacher needs to address a situation, not the student 's personality or characteristics (Shepard & Linn, 2015, p. 109). A teacher needs to incorporate with-it-ness, avoidance of satiation, student accountability, and the other concepts incorporated into Kounin 's Model (Shepard & Linn, 2015, p. 100). I believe teachers need to incorporate Fred Jones model by using body language in their teaching (Shepard & Linn, 2015, p111). Teachers need to educate themselves on the behavior management models and chose how to incorporate them into their