Managing Challenging Behavior in the Classroom

[EDZU 9861]

Managing Challenging Behavior in the Classroom

2/5/2025
3/11/2025

3 credits / 45 hours

Instructor Lauren Miller Ph.D

Course Description

Has challenging behavior interfered with your classroom instruction? If so, this class was designed with you in mind! Teachers will learn about the functions of behavior to identify why individual students may choose to act out in different ways.  Specific instances of common disruptive and/or other challenging behavior will also be addressed, including self-injurious and aggressive behavior, with a special emphasis on students with disabilities.  Finally, innovative and creative methods, strategies, and procedures will be suggested to assist teachers in developing a repertoire of skills in which they can rely on to limit and manage challenging behavior exhibited by their students. 

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Completion of this course taken for in-service credit will provide an NYCTD, Inc. Certificate of Completion

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Completion of this course taken for CTLE credit will provide a New York State Verification of Hours Certificate from NYCTD, Inc.

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Course Description

Has challenging behavior interfered with your classroom instruction? If so, this class was designed with you in mind! Teachers will learn about the functions of behavior to identify why individual students may choose to act out in different ways.  Specific instances of common disruptive and/or other challenging behavior will also be addressed, including self-injurious and aggressive behavior, with a special emphasis on students with disabilities.  Finally, innovative and creative methods, strategies, and procedures will be suggested to assist teachers in developing a repertoire of skills in which they can rely on to limit and manage challenging behavior exhibited by their students. 

Course Objectives

Students that enroll in this class will...

Know

What challenging behaviors may look like 

How difficult it can be to facilitate a lesson when some students are engaging in challenging behaviors

Understand

Why students act out

What the four main functions of behavior are

That students with disabilities are more likely to engage in challenging behavior

 

and Be Able To

Employ the strategies from this course into their own classroom practice to limit or manage challenging behavior

Be proactive in managing challenging behaviors in their classrooms