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Positive Reinforcement

Positive reinforcement is defined as offering desirable consequences for a behavior with the intention of increasing the likelihood of that behavior being repeated. Creating a positive classroom environment is important for preventing problem behavior and supporting academic achievement. Teachers should find rewards that motivate individual students, provide reinforcement immediately after positive behavior, and aim to have five positive interactions for every one negative interaction or redirection.

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Positive Reinforcement

Positive reinforcement is defined as offering desirable consequences for a behavior with the intention of increasing the likelihood of that behavior being repeated. Creating a positive classroom environment is important for preventing problem behavior and supporting academic achievement. Teachers should find rewards that motivate individual students, provide reinforcement immediately after positive behavior, and aim to have five positive interactions for every one negative interaction or redirection.

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Positive

Reinforcement

Tina Pratt, M.Ed BCESC Behavior Intervention Coach


[email protected]
Cassidy Wodke, M.Ed, Intervention Specialist
[email protected]
Katie Strubbe, Intervention Specalist
[email protected]
Dave Bell, M.Ed BCESC Behavior Intervention Coach
[email protected]

Definition: the offering of desirable effects or


consequences for a behavior with the intention of
increasing the chance of that behavior being repeated
in the future.

Rationale: Creating a positive class environment is important in preventing student problem behavior and
supporting academic achievement. How a teacher responds to students can set the tone for a classroom (Conroy et al., 2009).
TIPS AND TRICKS

Find rewards that are motivating to the student


Verbal- Thank you for putting your books away! You are
organized today.
Tangible-Provide a sticker, token, books, puzzles, etc
Edible-skittles, M&Ms, pretzels, etc
activity-craft, toss a ball, take a walk
If you dont know what the student is motivated by, just ask, or do an
interest inventory/survey or the Dunn Rankin.
Make it visual! Use tokens, stickers, checkmarks, ect so the student
knows exactly how their reinforcement system works.

Provide the positive reinforcement immediately after the positive


behavior in order to increase the positive behavior. Reinforcing a
behavior in the afternoon that happened in the morning can lose its
effectiveness with students.
If a student is seeking attention and you are constantly redirecting the
student, they are being reinforced for their negative behavior. Their
negative behavior will likely increase. Try shifting from redirecting the
negative to praising the positive.
Magic 5:1 ratio - you should provide a student with 5 positive
interactions per every one negative interaction/redirect.

Focus on what the student does well AND praise those positives!

"Positive reinforcement is the most important and most widely


applied principle of behaviour analysis"
- Cooper, Heron and Heward (2007, p.257)

RESOURCES:

www.positivereinforcementforkids.com/
www.ocde.us/PBIS/Documents/Articles/Positive+$!26+Negative+Ratio.pdf
www.cehd.umn.edu/ceed/publications/tipsheets/preschoolbehavior/posrein.pdf

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