The document discusses understanding student behavior by identifying the underlying needs and causes that motivate certain actions, noting that all behavior serves a purpose and effective management requires a proactive plan to address behaviors rather than just reacting to them. It also provides guidance on common mistakes to avoid and emphasizes addressing students' primary and secondary needs to help change disruptive behaviors.

1. Understanding Psychology to
discipline
Dr. Kanwal kaisser

2. Activity…
• Recall a time when a student misbehaved in one of your
classes.
Describe the student’s attitude/actions:
How did this behavior affect the teacher, other
students, and the learning environment?
How did the teacher react to this behavior?
Were the teacher’s actions effective in
changing the student’s behavior? Explain.
Share your recollections with the class.

3. Normal kids
• Not perfect
• Don’t do what we think they should do
• Not always happy
• Don’t talk about everything
• Not perfect students
• Don’t always behave within rules

4. • Want to take care of themselves
• Have distinct self-identity
• Resilient
• Proactive
• Assertive
• Can have fun
• Can accept new challenges
• Require discipline
• Know about personal boundaries

5. • Assume that others are responsible for themselves
• Self-controlled
• Honest with themselves
• Not easily manipulated
• Optimistic & Humorous
• Not persistent in doing what someone else wants them to do
• Can lead without controlling
• Value-guided

6. We Believe
Behavior can be changed
Behavior can be taught
Behavior can be modeled
Behavior reflects basic needs
Behavior is non-negotiable in areas of safety and security
Behavior has consequences

7. Behavior that needs to be
learned, needs to be taught.
.
When children are well-
trained,
it is habit-forming.

8. Things to Know About Behaviour
All behavior has a purpose.
To treat behavior you must
know the reason for it.
The good student is good for a reason;
the student in trouble also misbehaves
for a reason.
Treating all behavior problems
the same won’t work.

9. Three Variables in Every class
Situation
Rest
of
class
Proble
m
student
Teacher
• The only controllable variable is:
The teacher
• If the teacher is out of control,
the situation is out of control.

10. What Teachers Should Do
• Teachers must have a plan and not just
react to behavior.
• To change behavior you must first identify
the specific characteristics.

11. Teachers: Reactive vs. Proactive
Reactive teachers respond to
disruptive behaviors without
forethought
Proactive teachers have a plan
for dealing with disruptive
behaviors

12. Watch Attitudes and actions of
child
In school
• Avoids
generalization
• Helps zero in
At home

13. Effects of the behaviour
Teacher
Class mates
Parents
Learning environment

14. Vision is necessary
• Effective management can
prevent the beginning and
spread of inappropriate
behavior.
• Some inappropriate behavior
is a symptom of another
problem

16. 5 Keys to Changing Behavior
Know how to
change
See others do Have
it (be a role opportunities
model) to practice
The Receive
Want to
change child support
must:

17. Common mistakes
Research shows that difficult students act
out because needs are not being met.
Distructive
React
methods
Perpetuates
problems

18. Action plan: Identify Cause
Lack of attention
Lack of power
Revenge
Lack of self-Confidence

19. When Students Demand Attention…
Student’s reaction
Teacher’s
to teacher’s
response:
response:
Stop disrupting when
giving attention; but
Makes you feel
will shortly continue
annoyed!
demanding “more”
attention

20. How do they try to gain attention?
Speak without
permission
Arrive late
Make noise
Tell bad things

21. Power issue
Open dissent
Refusal to follow rules
Defiant,
Bullies

22. When Students Need Limits
Student’s reactions
Teacher’s response: to teacher’s
response:
Confrontation
Make you
and refuse to
angry!
comply!
Power
Struggles
Occur

23. Revenge
Mean, vicious, violent
Seek revenge in any way
Write on desks
Beat up classmates
Threaten students

24. Lack self-Confidence
Expect failure
Feel they lack
ability
Play and talk when
study time

25. Keep watch on primary needs
Hunger
Thirst
Air
Rest
Escape from Pain

26. Secondary needs
Gregariousness
Aggression
Affiliation
Inquisitiveness
Achievements
Autonomy

27. Lets work on 4 behaviours
Disrespectful
Attention
seeker
Shy Hyperactive

28. Discuss……
Behaviour
Effects of
behaviour
Common mistakes

29. Make Action plan
.
Primary
Secondary
NEEDS

30. Reflection
• List five actions that you could take to
demonstrate that you care about your
difficult student and that you are not
going away.

31. Have a plan to get through the
maze of behavior problems

32. Remember:
You Control Your Own World!