Building Relationships to Support Behavior

[WLOs: 4, 5] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3]

In Chapter 5: Relationship, Relationship, Relationship, Kaiser and Reminsky write, “Research into the brain and resiliency reveals that consistent, nurturing relationships are a child’s best protection against risk – including the risk of challenging behavior” (2017, p. 62). For educators this means not only fostering relationships with the child, but also with the families of the children that educators are supporting.

To prepare for this assignment,

For this assignment, you will be preparing a PowerPoint presentation. In a six- to eight-slide presentation,

• Explain your role when working with children who demonstrate challenging behaviors.
• Discuss how Bowlby’s attachment theory influences how you understand the child and how you will build relationships with children who display challenging behaviors.
• Describe two ways that you can foster relationships with children who display challenging behavior.
• Describe two ways that you can foster relationships with the family of a child with challenging behavior.
• Discuss why a home school connection is important for all children, but especially children with challenging behaviors.
• Summarize how the relationships you built will help with the child’s behavior.

Building Relationships to Support Behavior presentation,

• Must be six to eight double-spaced slides in length (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center’s How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation resource.
• Must include a separate title slide with the following:
  • Title of presentation
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted

  For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Microsoft Word.

• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your presentation.
• Must use at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed, or credible sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
  • To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this Quick and Easy Library Research tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
  • The BA ECDDI Research Guide is a resource that has been developed to assist you in completing the library research required for this assignment. Click on the button titled ECD410 from the homepage of the research guide to gain access to additional resources that can support you with the development of your assignment.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper guide.
• Must include a separate reference slide that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Scenario: Your administrator has noticed that you have done an excellent job fostering relationships with the children in your classroom who display challenging behavior. They have asked if you can create a presentation to share with your colleagues at the next staff meeting. They want you showcase what you are implementing in your classroom to foster these relationships and how the connection you have with these children is positively impacting their behavior.