Public schools have designed a program to help focus in on the students’ specific conduct issues,for students who are exhibiting serious behavior issues and classroom distractions. In most public schools, children who have behavior conduct disorder or emotional disabilities are enrolled into a program that focuses on behavior modification. In these programs, the student is pulled out of their regular course and is provided with a new set of classes specifically designed to focus on structure and discipline.These public school programs focus on rewards and punishments for altering behavior patterns. For example, a child can “graduate” from the behavior class if they do not experience any “timeouts” or reprimands for disobeying the classroom rules.  Once a child is taught the rules and guidelines for positive behavior, the child may return to his or her regular classroom once per month, while gradually earning the privilege to attend his or her regular classroom full time. For many of these programs, if the student can behave appropriately for 90 days, then he or she can return back to the standard classrooms. 

Both teachers and education specialists can monitor their progress in the classroom and in periodic student-teacher conferences to encourage positive behavior after a child leaves the behavioral program,if the child revert to previous behavior patterns, or is still disruptive in the classroom, then the student will be returned to the behavior modification program. 

Typically, children who engage in a behavioral program early on are able to combat their negative modes of conduct, and are taught how to positively and appropriately engage in their regular environment and surroundings – which will bode well through elementary, middle, and high school.

By: RUSSEL A. LLAMZON | MASTER TEACHER II | BILOLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | ORION, BATAAN