Proactive and reactive what do they mean?

[TAM14]

hey all this is the question I need to answer but i have no idea what proactive and reactive mean regarding positive behaviour if someone could give me a definition that would be great then I could answer the question

Identify the proactive and reactive strategies in the columns above; explain why these were chosen and the difference between the two.

[sbeamis]

Hi

An example of being pro-active would be rewarding positive behaviour, attending behaviour management training, liaising with your named behaviour management staff member, and having an effective behaviour management policy in place BEFORE behaviour becomes an issue. Reactive would be waiting for a negative behaviour to manifest and then punishing, then going on to look in to strategies to deal with this AFTER the behaviour has become a problem.

Hope this helps

Sarah x