Teaching students with special needs:behaviour management

Fourth , Heward believes that there is a possibility that eclecticism prevents continuous and intense implementation of models , and in turn affects their significant effects to learning . The author does not also exclude the possibility that the combination of the different models of instruction will lead to other possible flaws because the teachers themselves cannot implement those with fidelity and precision

Student behavior is dynamic , it changes in time . In to effectively inculcate behavioral change to students , a school must explore different theories or models which can keep up with and improve

those changes . While a single-model approach in learning is effective , a combination of strategies from different models or what is know to be as eclectic approach can be more effective . It is the school administrators , primarily the teachers , who can measure and know more about the personality of the students more than the people who proposed the different models . Therefore , if a school could find the proper mix of strategies from different models , an eclectic approach would be more effective compared with a single adopted model

However , it is important to note one model which can surely help manage student behavior . This model which was developed by Edward Ford is called Responsible Thinking Process (RTP

Responsible Thinking Process allows students to think in relation to the given rules or standards of their school . Basically , instead of making the teachers do the thinking , the teachers ask the students to do the thinking (Responsible Thinking Process , Inc , 1994 . From this , they will learn to think and act responsibly , accounting the people around them

RTP is the most appropriate model for managing student behavior because it fosters responsible thinking to students . This model promotes long-term behavioral change of the students because they are actually the ones who acted for their behavioral change...