“Working with the Red Zone”

1. “Working with the Red Zone” With Scott Perry & Patty Parnell Linn Benton Lincoln ESD

2. “What are the top 10 skills needed by school staff when working with behaviorally challenged students?”

3. “Big Ideas” for today… • Self-awareness and building our supports • Building/maintaining relationships • Function-based thinking • Teach desired behaviors • Crisis management • Encourage / celebrate successes • Attend to the environment

4. Big Idea #1: Self-awareness & building our supports • Monitoring our own physiology • Avoid personalizing – keep perspective! • Who can you call?

5. #2: Build & maintain relationships • People have a fundamental need for: ~ adequacy ~ belonging ~ respect… • John Gottman research • Search Institute: 40 Assets

6. #3: Function-based thinking… • ‘Behavior’ makes sense!! • It’s contextual… • It’s predictable… • It’s learned… • It’s stable…

7. #4: Teach desired behaviors • What you want, model!! • What you want, teach!! ~ “I do it, we do it, you do it” Anita Archer • Self-awareness to self-monitoring to self-management…

8. #5: Crisis management • Power struggles ~ What we know… ~ The chain ~ The strategy • The escalation cycle

9. The Escalation Cycle High Peak De-escalation Acceleration Agitation Recovery Trigger Calm Low Colvin & Sugai, 1989

10. #6: Encourage & celebrate success • Developmentally appropriate academics ~ Provide opportunities for success • When was the last time you…

11. #7: Attend to the environment • Low distraction • McDonalds & Wendy’s • Predictable routine & schedule • Now, tomorrow, next week… • Consistency, consistency, consistency…

12. Challenge time… • Of what we just talked about, what is my biggest challenge? • How does this agree or disagree with my current beliefs? • How is this learning going to impact my behavior?

13. Contact information: Scott.Perry@lblesd.k12.or.us 541-967-8822 Patty.Parnell@lblesd.k12.or.us 541-812-2657