Positive Behaviour Support Strategies for Students with Oppositional and Defiant Behaviour : A Step by Step Guide to Assessing - Managing - Preventing Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Most children, adolescents and young adults have at least once argued with authority figures, refused to comply with a rule or request, or annoyed someone on purpose and blamed the other person for their behaviour. However, for these students it is not their normal pattern of behaviour. These behaviours may be in response to overwhelming stresses in their lives or a developmental phase they are going through. Hence, this negative behaviour pattern is generally short-lived and tends to disappear as the student adjusts to the new circumstance or matures. However, for some students this is not the case instead it becomes an ongoing pattern. Based on the evidenced-based approach of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) this book provides information on how to support students who have been diagnosed with an Oppositional and Defiant Disorder or are showing signs of oppositional and defiant behaviour.  Supporting students who are oppositional and defiant be enormously challenging and draining.     This book will provide you with a roadmap developed from the evidenced based approach of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) to help you guide the student to learn positive ways of behaving and managing their emotions.