All attention is not equal. We have likely all worked with students who engage in behavior just to get attention, whether it be positive or negative. Even when students are getting what we feel is a lot of attention, they may still engage in attention-seeking behavior because the attention they receive is on our terms, not theirs.
Students often realize that our response to negative behavior is larger and more consistent than our response to positive behavior. This, in turn, reinforces to them that if they want attention, negative behaviors are the way to get it. In this episode, I am breaking down the three advantages negative attention has over positive behavior and ideas of ways you can try to encourage more positive attention-seeking behaviors.
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05:56 – How consistency gives negative behavior an advantage over positive behavior
06:51 – Why the magnitude of our response to behaviors matters
07:29 – The impact of learning history on behaviors
09:10 – How increasing the magnitude of our response to positive behaviors can help encourage more positive behavior
13:26 – The importance of consistency in boosting replacement behavior for attention seeking
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