Tag: Abuse

The Problems with the Manage-and-Discipline Approach to PBiS

July 2, 2019

Every year I can tell how well teachers and administrators think that their school-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SWPBiS/PBiS) systems are working because there is a massive uptick in my readership stats for behavioral management related posts and, in particular, those outlining my perspective that PBiS is a failed model and in desperate need … More The Problems with the Manage-and-Discipline Approach to PBiS

Defining Reinforcement and Punishment for Educators

July 31, 2018

An Educational Aside I am watching the US education system not very subtly invite punishment back into the mainstream classroom. This appears to be driven by the field of Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA). Recently their governing body started to loosen the reins on the therapeutic application of aversive stimuli and intervention plans have since started … More Defining Reinforcement and Punishment for Educators

On Restraint…and How it is Used Incorrectly

June 13, 2018

A Theoretical Aside TW/CW for the below sections: Abuse, Restraint, Injury, Language Well, we are back to this again. Some local school districts have approved more invasive manual restraint and forced physical guidance techniques for use on K-12 students. Since this will disproportionally apply to students in special education, and more particularly to autistic students, … More On Restraint…and How it is Used Incorrectly