Randy Boardman, CPI’s executive director of research and development, recently published an article in American School & University magazine. “Behavior Modification” focuses mostly on the relationships between teachers and students in an academic setting, but the principles can be applied in other situations as well.
The article discusses how staff cannot change an individual’s behavior, but can modify their own behaviors to prevent undesirable behaviors from others. How staff reacts in certain situations influences the behaviors that take place next.
Professional staff development and training is imperative to this process. It is instinct for staff to react out of fear and anxiety, but if trained to overcome this, they can build confidence professionally, physically, and emotionally and learn to recognize the signs of behaviors before they occur.
View Behavior Modification in its entirety.
