Less intensive strategies, such as establishing rules, praise and ignoring, proximity, direct appeals, and reprimands, are helpful in maintaining appropriate classroom behavior. A variety of strategies can be used to deal effectively with confrontations and to prevent them from escalating. School-wide discipline systems have been effective in managing classroom behavior across entire school environments. Several methods exist for assessing social skills, including surveys, checklists, role play, and direct observation. Social skills are usually trained by modeling, reinforcement, shaping, and modeling-reinforcement.
Several strategies can be effective in promoting generalization of social skills.
The effectiveness of social skills training, like other academic and behavioral interventions, should be monitored and validated in individual cases. One of the most important facets of classroom management is establishing and maintaining a positive, supportive classroom atmosphere. Read Chapter 7 in the text. Fill in blank sections of the graphic organizer. Add the graphic organizer to your class notebook.