ERIC Number: EJ1001945
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Dec
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-1836-9391
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Getting the Balance Right: The Challenge of Balancing Praise and Correction for Early School Years Children Who Exhibit Oppositional and Defiant Behaviour
Fields, Barry
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, v37 n4 p24-28 Dec 2012
Increasingly, early childhood practitioners are faced with children who present with significant levels of oppositional and defiant behaviour. The management of this behaviour is often difficult and stressful. Efforts to minimise disruptive behaviour and to encourage more prosocial behaviour have very much revolved around the teaching of appropriate behaviour and the acknowledgement and reward of it when it occurs. More and more schools are using approaches like School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) to achieve a better positive acknowledgement to correction balance in teacher-child interactions. Just how successful schools are in this respect and with particular reference to interactions with children who display oppositional and defiant behaviours was the subject of two exploratory investigations, results of which are reported in this paper.
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Discipline, Positive Reinforcement, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Role, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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