Understanding Behaviour

Supporting Learners to make Positive Choices
 
This course will provide the participant with the most current thinking in relation to setting high behavioural expectations and responding to students who exhibit challenging behaviour. It will provide guidance on why students misbehave, strategies for dealing with misbehaviour in the classroom through proactive rather than reactive means. It will explore how to de-escalate potential challenging behaviour and how to support students following behaviour incidents.
 
About the course:
Developed by education and behaviour experts.
All aspects of the course are on-line and can be completed at the participants own speed. 
Approximate duration: 3 hours
Digital certificate available.
 
Who would benefit from the course?
The course would be beneficial for everyone who works with young people and who would like a more in-depth understanding (based on current evidence) of how to command appropriate behaviour and how to respond to those students who may divert from expected behaviour patterns.  The course is suitable for all key stages although aspects may need to be adjusted for specific age ranges and settings.
 
Aims of the course:
To increase participant knowledge of why students misbehave.
Examine strategies to create and maintain positive learning environments for individuals and communities of learners.
Explore how to discipline students compasionately in order to protect dignity and elicit positive behaviours . 
Proactively reduce unconventional behaviour based on recognised strategies and current research evidence . 
Develop leadership styles that create appropriate learning climates. 
 
Assessment:
Participants are required to take an on-line assessment on completion of the course. There will be multi-choice questions at the end of the course, the pass mark will be 80%. You can take the assessment as many times as you need to without any extra charge.
 
Course outline 
Why do students misbehave?
Compassionate discipline
Understanding oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
Restorative classroom practice
Knowledge check