Better Behavior Together (2022, 2023, 2025)

About: Join Telehealth ROCKS for this 3-part series to better understand challenging behaviors in schools and create supports to help preschool and elementary-aged kids be their best. We'll use the Project ECHO model designed to create virtual communities of learners. We'll draw expertise from behavioral health experts and your experience to support the learning and wellbeing of children in your community. This session is online via Zoom and there is no charge to attend. Certificates of attendance will be provided

View more info here: https://www.telehealthrocks.org/better-behavior-together31e263bf

This training was made possible by grant number U3I43512 from the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, HRSA, DHHS.

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Session Materials: 

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Key Takeaways:

• There’s been an increase in childhood behavioral problems and mental health diagnoses, which started before the pandemic, but was exacerbated by the pandemic.
• Go back to the basics for behavior interventions with kids: relationship building, underlying skill development.
• Adults need to respond in a consistent way that’s addressing the underlying function of the behavior. 

Resources:

• Childcare developmental disability certificate program

Session Materials: 

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Key Takeaways:

• Autism varies greatly between people but has consistent clear symptoms.
• Autism has several common co-occurring conditions.
• Interventions should emphasize consistency and routine.

Resources:

• helpisinyourhands.org 

Session Materials: 

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Key Takeaways:

• School involvement is crucial for ADHD treatment
• Interventions should include consistent positive feedback and rewards
• Interventions should also involve visual strategies and relationship building

Resources:

Book list

• Taking Charge of ADHD, Third Edition, The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents By Russell A. Barkley
• Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps to Better Behavior, Second Edition, By Russell A. Barkley & Christine M. Benton
• Good Enough Parenting: A Six-Point Plan for a Stronger Relationship With Your Child (APA LifeTools Series) By Dr. Timothy A. Cavell PhD & Lauren B. Quetsch PhD
• Managing ADHD in School: The Best Evidence-Based Methods for Teachers, By Russell A. Barkley

CDC handouts

• https://www.cdc.gov/adhd/media/pdfs/adhd-behavior-therapy-overview-all-ages_1.pdf?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/documents/adhd-behavior-therapy-overview-all-ages.pdf 
• https://www.cdc.gov/adhd/treatment/classroom.html 

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Session Materials: 

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Short videos: 

• Behavior Basics (6 minutes): https://youtu.be/0Vx0PSU19Lg 
• Functions of Behavior (6 minutes): https://youtu.be/KIl0Kuonif8 

Key Takeaways: 

• Focusing on what we, as the adults, can control & influence in our environments works better and feels better (for everyone).
• Understanding behavior expands our toolbox of potential strategies – but explain does not mean excuse.  
• Learning is inherently interpersonal – humans learn better together. Join us as we learn about better behavior together (& share a case helps us and you!)

Resources: 

• Circle of concern vs. Circle of Control: https://discoveryinaction.com.au/circle-of-concern-v-circle-of-control/
• Therapy guide: https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-guide/cbt-psychoeducation
• Telehealth ROCKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5KIxK6zUevCXAd_fbq8VlA 
• Functions of Behavior: https://www.autismadventures.com/abcs-and-functions-of-behavior/ 
• What is co-regulation: https://turnaroundusa.org/what-is-co-regulation-and-what-does-it-look-like-in-the-classroom/ 
• Project ECHO: https://hsc.unm.edu/echo/

Session Materials: 

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Key Takeaways: 

• Build brain literacy – how our brains work – as a foundation for understanding & managing behavior
• Our aim is to learn to tolerate & manage distress, not escape & avoid it
• Functional thinking is universally helpful (and trauma-responsive)

Resources: 

• Hand Model of the Brain
• Hand Model of the Brain - child version
• School anxiety article
• The window of tolerance in a school context
•  5-point scale and other visuals
•  What’s the function of behavior

Session Materials: 

• View Presentation
• Watch Recording

Short Video: 

• Addressing Aggressive Behavior (12 minutes)

Key Takeaways: 

• Functional thinking can feel robotic – don’t forget to human with the humans.
• Getting input from multiple perspectives is the right thing to do and can also be really helpful.
• Play the long game – universals for all students.

Resources: 

• Hand Model of the Brain
• How educators and teens disagree on what’s harming student’s mental health 
• What’s the function of behavior? 
• Toolbox for reducing rapidly grown behavior issues in schools 

Session Materials: 

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Key Takeaways: 

• Mental health literacy & social-emotional competency is THE foundation for all behavior management. 
• Thinking *functionally* through a trauma-responsive lens helps us bring the head AND heart to this work (you need both). 
• This is hard work. You’re doing great. Keep going. Ask for help. THANK YOU!!!

Resources: 

• PBIS World
• 5 ways to practice active listening
• Mineola Grows
• Functions of behavior
• CBT guide