Standard #5:

Learning Environments and Social Interactions

and

Blood Borne Pathogens Safety Tips

Your local district’s policies regarding Paraeducator job

descriptions, duties, and responsibilities provide the

final word!

Agenda

• Introduction

• Do’s and Don’ts of behavior management

• Behavior basics

• Social skill development

• Using universal precautions

Standard #5 - Knowledge Areas

• K1 - Demands of various learning environments.

• K2 - Rules and procedural safeguards regarding the management of behaviors of individuals with exceptional learning needs.

Standard #5 - Skill Areas

• S1 - Establish and maintain rapport with learners.

• S2 - Use universal precautions and assist in maintaining a safe, healthy learning environment.

• S3 - Use strategies for behavior management as directed.

• S4 - Use strategies as directed, in a variety of settings, to assist in the development of social skills.

Learner Outcomes

Participants will:• Discuss Do’s and Don’ts of behavior

management• Describe strategies for managing behavior and

teaching social skills to students• Discuss demands of various learning

environments• List ways to build and maintain rapport with

students• Describe the protocol for using universal

precautions

Behavior Management Tips

Do• Consult partner teacher about behavior

strategies or behavior plans • Speak respectfully • Maintain confidentiality• Model behaviors you want to see • Let students know when they are behaving

correctly

Behavior Management Tips

Don’t• Talk about students with others• Nag• Embarrass students• Engage in a power struggle• Take it personally• Assume the student knows the correct

way to behave

Been There, Done That, Now What?Strategies to TryStrategies TriedBehaviors

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B BEHAVIOR

1. Form The way a behavior looks, what we observe, a precise, specific description of the behavior.

2. Function– The purpose that the behavior serves– To get something– To avoid or delay

““an observable and measurable act of an individual”

“If a child doesn’t know how to read, we teach.”

“If a child doesn’t know how to swim, we teach.”

“If a child doesn’t know how to multiply, we teach.”

“If a child doesn’t know how to drive, we teach.”

“If a child doesn’t know how to behave, we… ?

Why can’t we finish the last sentence as

automatically as we do the others?

(Herner, 1998)

Consider this…

Until we have defined, taught, modeled, practiced, reinforced and re-taught, it is

unethical for adults to punish……… Rob Horner

Are the behaviors you listed related to lack of social skills?

Social Skills - What to Teach!

• Problem solving• Conversational skills• Identification of feelings• Management of feelings• Anger control• Dealing with stress• Organizational skills

Social Skills, like academic skills, are learned!

Social Skills, like academic skills, must be taught!

Social Skills -How to Teach!

• Use direct instruction

• Use rehearsal

• Use visuals for structure

• Use comics

Problem Solving Technique

My problem is_________________________________.

I can solve it by: (help student to list ways)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Choose one way.

Do it.

How did this work?

Social Skills -How to Teach!

Rehearsal TechniqueSocial Skills -How to Teach!

Visual SupportsSocial Skills -How to Teach!

When it is too noisy, I can…

Listen to musicGo for a

walk

Sit atthe table

Social Skills -How to Teach!

RELAX

Put yourhead down

Sit in thequiet area

Take 5 deepbreaths

OR

Move Away

Come backto the activity

Social Skills -How to Teach!

Relax

Move Away

Take 5 deep breaths

Come back to thetable

If something is bothering you, you can:

Social Skills -How to Teach!

If you are upset

Put yourhead down

Have a quietmouth

Social Skills -How to Teach!

Comic Strip Conversations

A conversation between 2 or more peopleusing simple drawings• Illustrates ongoing communication• Provides support to students who struggle to

comprehend the quick exchange of information• Turns abstract conversation into concrete

representation• Identifies what people say and do• Emphasize what people may be thinking

Carol Gray

Social Skills -How to Teach!

Comic Strip Conversation

Social Skills -How to Teach!

playground

XX?X!! HAHA

HA!!!

You go to the bench!

Carol Gray, Comic Book Conversations

Building and Maintaining Rapport with Students

• Treat students with respect

• Look for opportunities to praise students

• Turn a negative into a positive

• Make their day

Building and Maintaining Rapport with Students

• Respond to negative student behaviors in a professional manner

• Don’t take it personally

• View as a teaching opportunity

Been There, Done That, Now What?Strategies to TryStrategies TriedBehaviors

And Now for Something Completely Different

Universal Precautions

Blood Borne Pathogens

• Blood Borne = found in blood

• Pathogen = disease-producing microorganism.

Blood Borne Pathogens

Excerpts from presentation by

Jacki O’Donnell, RN

Standard (Universal) Precautions

CDC recommendation: Blood and/or body fluid precautions should be observed for all students

Individualized guidelines set up for

specific settings.– Hospital– Dentist– Day Care/School

Blood Borne Diseases

HIV

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Blood Borne Pathogens

• Contaminated surfaces are a major cause of the spread of hepatitis. HBV can survive on environmental surfaces, dried and at room temperature for at least one week.

To Avoid Exposure To Someone’s Blood You

Should Wear…

latex or hypoallergenic gloves

Glove Removal• Grip one glove near the cuff and peel it down

until it comes off inside out. Cup it in the palm of your ungloved hand.

• Place 2 fingers of your bare hand inside the cuff of the remaining glove.

• Peel that glove down so that it also comes off inside out and over the first one.

• Properly dispose of the gloves.• Wash your hands with soap and water.

How Would You Clean Up Broken Glass?

Broom and dustpan

If You Think You Have Had an Exposure You Should

Tell an administrator and school nurse

When to Wash ?

When in doubt….WASH!

HAND WASHING 101

• Use warm running water, soap and friction• Rub for at least 20 seconds

– Between fingers– Underneath fingernails

• Rinse• Dry hands with paper towel• Turn off water with paper towel• Dispose of towel in wastebasket

That was Universal Precautions in a

Learner Outcomes

Participants will:• Discuss Do’s and Don’ts of behavior

management• Describe strategies for managing behavior and

teaching social skills to students• Discuss demands of various learning

environments• List ways to build and maintain rapport with

students• Describe the protocol for using universal

precautions