AVOIDING ADVERSE SECONDARY BEHAVIOR
AVOIDING ADVERSE SECONDARY BEHAVIORIf a student is standing on a desk, the teacher’s number one objective is to get that student off the desk without being injured. How this happens does not matter as much as a successful outcome. The student standing on the desk, the primary behavior, is not the reason that the student will be sent to the office. How the student responds, the secondary behavior, to the teacher’s request to get off of the desk will determine if the student will get in trouble. The purpose of this Restorative Language training is to provide teachers with a process to avoid adverse secondary behaviors by responding appropriately to primary behaviors.
By the end of this training, participants will understand the difference between primary and secondary behaviors, learn about Affective Statements and how they can be used to avoid adverse secondary behaviors, and practice creating and using Affective Statements to address positive and negative behavior. |
Kelvin Oliver is an Educational Consultant specializing in Restorative Practices in Schools. As an assistant principal, he played an instrumental role in the development, implementation, and support of Restorative Practices. Mr. Oliver is credited for creating a Restorative Practices campus-based support model that included weekly professional development and an implementation support team. He has over 10 years of experience in public education as a special education teacher, classroom teacher, campus math specialist, district curriculum specialist, assistant principal and, most recently, principal. |
