Oppositional, Explosive and Disruptive Behaviors in the Classroom: Effective Strategies for Intervening Before, During and After a Meltdown – Kathy Morris

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Do you work with students who exhibit explosive behaviors that interfere with their ability to effectively and efficiently navigate their environment? They appear willful, obnoxious, over reactive, and unfeeling. They lose control of their ability to cope or regulate their behavior, which can send them spiraling into a gut wrenching meltdown.

Watch expert Kathy Morris, M.Ed., B.S., and learn proven strategies and techniques to help students with ADHD, ODD, autism, executive functioning, learning disabilities, anxiety, and depression de-escalate before a full blown meltdown ensues, developing self-control and self-management skills to prevent future meltdowns and learn appropriate/replacement behaviors. Dozens of strategies will be taught through dynamic video case examples and demonstrations. “Teach them in the way they learn” will be a mantra throughout the recording.

Walk away with these intervention strategies and more:

• Breathe card and emotions chart to develop self-control and self-management skills
• Surprise cards, change of schedule cues, and transition markers to alleviate anxiety
• Video modeling and role playing to improve social/emotional communication
• First person stories and visual cues to promote positive behavior
• Visual cues, music, and software designed to increase attention and focus
• Social stories, social scripts, and emotions charts to develop self-regulation
• SOCCSS, keychain rules, and t-charts to target challenging behaviors

1. Discriminate functions of behavior during a tantrum vs. meltdown.
2. Illustrate the connections and breakdowns between communication, social skills, and behaviors.
3. Employ a breathe card and emotions chart to develop self-control and self-management skills.
4. Design optimal classroom structure to prevent overstimulation and sensory breakdowns.
5. Employ SOCCSS, keychain rules, and t-charts to prevent, intervene, or consequate targeted behaviors.
6. Utilize surprise cards, change of schedule cues, and transition markers to alleviate anxiety.

Functions of a Meltdown

• Tantrum vs. meltdown
• Stages of a meltdown
• Sensory issues vs. behavior issues
• Meltdown intervention video

Identify Triggers that Drive Challenging Behaviors Related to:

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
• Learning disabilities
• Executive functioning deficits
• Anxiety disorder
• Depression

Sensory Strategies

• Easy-to-use sensory tools and apps to calm
• Overstimulation and sensory breakdowns
• Classroom structure for optimal learning

Executive Functioning Strategies

• Visual cues, music, and software designed to increase attention and focus
• High interest areas to strengthen motivation and engagement
• Visual reminders for routines and predictability
• Visual structures to promote organization

Self-Regulation Strategies

• Video modeling, t-charts, social stories, social scripts, emotions charts to develop self-control
• Tools that promote self-monitoring of behavior
• Power cards and visual checklists as powerful incentives to change behavior

Social/Emotional Communication Strategies

• Social scripts and social stories to develop social interaction
• Video modeling and role playing to demonstrate appropriate interactions
• First person stories for positive behavior changes and affirmations

Explosive Behavior Strategies

• Recognize the warning signs of a meltdown to prevent it
• Surprise cards, change of schedule cues, and transition markers to alleviate anxiety
• Visual cues to depict expected behavior
• Converting the verbal to a visual

Techniques for After the Meltdown

• Strategies for instructional consequences
• Chart appropriate/inappropriate behaviors
• Activities for reviewing behaviors when calm
• Cartooning to facilitate feedback
• Strategies for providing systematic feedback
• Reinforcement for communication strategies
• Identify feelings and review behavior

Hands-on Activities

• Demonstration video of child having a meltdown
• Appropriate and meaningful replacement behaviors for physical aggression
• Instructional consequences for a meltdown