Hi,
Reactive - how you react/respond to something that has happened
Proactive - how you plan to prevent something from happening.
Strategy - A plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim
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Policies and Procedures
If thinking of reactive strategies and behaviour, how are you expected to respond to times/incidents of aggressive, inappropriate, explosive, vocal, distressing behaviour, in school environments maybe - chatting, nose picking, fidgetting, unwillingness to stay seated, inability to wait for a length of time, instigating conflict - eg.hair pulling & retaliation?
Are you expected to model behaviour any maybe remain calm, patience, listen & hear what's being said - verbally and non verbally, remain unbiased, be fair, support with praise, encouragement, understanding, use facial expression & eye contact that conveys meaning, remain consistant, know how not to judge, discriminate or show prejudice, provide activities that help to explore feelings, expression & language, provide a range/level of responsibility - self care, tidy up..
What proactive stategies take place to protect everyone - what policies are in place, regular/planned meetings do you hold, assessments - for individual needs and for risk, reporting, updating, feedback systems, planned occassions that help set rules & boundarie, discuss a groups expectations ahead of events?
Maybe your role involves ..
- Diversion strategy
- Negotiation - that de-escalates a situation, restore calms, resolves conflict and disputes.
- Mediation
- Containment
- Physical and verbal intervention
- Challenging inappropriate behaviour
- Anti bullying strategies
- Practitioner's knowledge of how to avoid escalating a situation
- Explaining the potential outcomes of children's chosen actions.
- Time out or breather, calm down strategy
- Behaviour management training
- Monitoring buddy systems or other peer support strategy
- Organising the environment
- Naming the unwanted behaviour V labelling the child.
- Using non-confrontational language that avoids blaming - YOU did that
- Whole setting approach, room approach, indoor, outdoor approach.
- Strategies that examine how home setting partnerships support, include and can alienate a child.
- SEAD
- Planning for activities that instil a sense of importance, eg. providing hi-vis jackets alongside adult to child ratios, ahead of a trip out helps to promote road safety and responsible roadside behaviour.
- Utilising planned circle times to explore issues.
- First aid procedures and training
Some settings may remove resources/equipment that are considered a threat, implement reward/gift type strategies and consequence/sanction punishments which aim to evoke a reinforced behaviour.
Behaviour policy, health & safety
Difference between
proactive & reactive thread page
95 of the level 3 handbook is a good start for further research
Hth xx
optional unit 115 promoting positive behaviour?
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