Guides Non-Classroom Use (055)-- Tests/Evaluation

This inservice training module was designed as part of the Child-Centered Inservice Training Project (Syacuse, New York) for use with paraprofessionals in educational programs for children with developmental disabilities. Use of the materials is recommended to encourage team problem solving, to practice new skills, and to provide ongoing support mechanisms to encourage continuing use of new skills. The module describes thp basic ideas behind positive approaches to challenging behaviors and describes an educative process for developing individualized programs to address students' behavior problems. A six-step problem solving process is described, including: (1) identify the behavior problem; (2) gather information about when the behavior does/does not occur; (3) develop an idea about t4e purpose of the behavior; (4) make a plan that includes prevention, teaching, and reacting to the behavior; (5) use the pla