Behaviour Strategies

 Strategies for Managing Student Behaviour   Authors:  Jisang Kim,  Araunah Fleisher, Amelia Pedini, Natasha Abbott and James Cartwright Strategy 1: Conscious Discipline Conscious discipline is a behavior management strategy with 20 years experience across 73 countries and in 22 languages (Conscious Discipline, 2020.) Conscious discipline is based on making students aware of their own behavior and how they can adapt it. It is the idea that the brain has three states and teachers need to assess which state a child is in when addressing unwanted behaviour.   The three states of the brain are: Survival State- Am I safe? Emotional State- Am I loved? Executive State- What can I learn from this? The first state is when a child feels in danger which can cause them to lash out. It is when students are fearful of their own safety which can lead to them acting out with physical violence. The emotional state focusses on the child’s ability to feel loved. This is when the c...