:Use Gestures & Proximity: Over the last half-century, primitive and "aggressive” forms of classroom management have become obsolete. Pink Floyd's protest song Another Brick In The Wall strongly condemned authoritarian styles of discipline and gave voice to a generation of students around the world who felt their voices were unwelcome and unheard. We have since been more creative by finding natural and meaningful ways of supporting students demonstrating behavioural difficul

::Modeling:: The next few posts will explore more intrusive and less intrusive behaviour management methods, starting with the most intrusive. We will also discuss how verbal prompts, although considered least intrusive, might not be your best management tool. The figure below displays the continuum of behavioural prompts and their degree of intrusiveness: What about physical prompts? It should go without saying, but physical prompts should never be your go-to response for tr