Interventions for Defiance/Non-Compliant Behaviors
- Allow the student a "cool-down" break.
- Ask open-ended questions to collect more information as to what may have set the student off.
- Assign a reflective 'Processing" essay after the misbehavior.
- Do not get entangled in arguments with the student. Keep responses calm, brief, and businesslike.
- Give praise that is specific and does not embarrass students.
- Have the student participate in creating a behavior plan.
- Offer positive student attention across 10 instructional days.
- Offer the student a face-saving time-out.
- Proactively interrupt the student's anger early in the escalation cycle.
- State teacher directives as two-part choice statements.
- Use 'soft' reprimands or reminders to task.
- Validate the student's emotion by acknowledging it.