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When a student is in crisis, too many adults jumping in at once can make things worse. The fix: a shared visual crisis plan and one golden rule. Before anyone helps, ask the student, "Do you need help?"
When a student is in crisis, too many adults jumping in at once can make things worse. The fix: a shared visual crisis plan and one golden rule. Before anyone helps, ask the student, "Do you need help?"
Welcome back to the 10 Quick Wins for Behavior Change. We are on to our last strategy, avoiding the hoopla. Now hoopla is my made-up term for extra unnecessary attention. I have walked up to many a child who is struggling, having a hard time, maybe in meltdown mode, and there are 6 adults around that kid. First of all, I'm always like, who's watching the rest of the class? And also, that could be so overwhelming for that child, or that kid could love it and they're living their best life with all these adults trying to help. And some of those adults are well-meaning. They're trying to be helpful. They're trying to jump in and give you a hand, but they may not know that child. They may not know the learning history, the behavior plan, or everything else going on. And they may just be making it worse for everyone. You're like, how do I politely say go away? Hoopla! Unnecessary. A great way that you can reduce this is by making sure you have a crisis plan in place for your learners and that you're communicating that, that crisis plan with those around you. In this video, I have a free download of my crisis plan. It's visual because adults need visuals too. And the second step on the crisis plan is my golden rule that helps prevent the hoopla. The number 2 step in the crisis plan is ask, do you need help? Before stepping in. Share this with your entire school team so everyone knows if they see you or your paraprofessionals or a clinician with a student who's having a hard time, that they don't just jump in and be like, hey, you want to come with me and get a lollipop in my office? And you're like, no. That they ask first, hey, do you need help? And you're like, no, I got this. And they're like, okay, cool. Or you're like, yeah, I do really need help. That should be the golden rule, that all adults ask each other, do you need help, before jumping in to help a student. That's gonna make sure that everyone's on the same page and you're not unintentionally reinforcing or escalating a behavior. Avoid that hoopla. Now before we wrap up our mini course, I want to bring a little bit of intentional hoopla to our professional development membership. If you liked this mini course, you are a great candidate for the membership. If you liked the 10 Quick Wins for Behavior Change, I think you would love the membership. To learn more and hear from our current members, check out the next video.
