To help Jade take more responsibility for her behaviour you may want to consider

• Arranging a Teacher + Pupil Interview in Jade’s time
• Initiating this meeting because she will not want to be with you. See it as a consequence. It can be really effective
• Asking her Form Tutor or Team Leader to attend
• Encouraging Jade to take responsibility for her inappropriate behaviours

Helping Jade to recognise the ‘trigger points’. Explain what ‘cause and effect’ means

• Negotiating with colleagues any changes that may reduce trigger points, eg Jade to change from PE and games kit, 5 or 10 minutes early
• Explaining the importance of pupils needing to feel safe at all times

Giving Jade some strategies to think about: eg

• If feeling ‘hyper’.. sit down, breathe slowly and deeply 10 times
• When hyped-up after PE... Walk away from others and keep hands and feet to myself
• Try to be first to the next lesson

Identifying with Jade which behaviours are a concern in lessons

• Asking Jade how she thinks she can make things better next lesson

Having your behaviour strategy mapped out for Jade by next lesson

• Giving Jade a Behaviour Target card
• Negotiating 1 or 2 key targets on her Behaviour Target Card. eg
  “I will talk politely to others.” “I will use my calming down strategies.”
• Meeting and Greeting Jade personally and having a quiet, calming word
• Aiming to catch Jade doing a positive eg. Sitting quietly by the teacher at the start of the lesson
• Reminding Jade about her agreed behaviour targets
• Using praise with Jade eg. 3 positives to one negative. Add stickers or positive comments to Behaviour Target card
• Making sure Jade’s work is on her desk as she arrives, or alternatively, on the Quiet Chair near to the door
• Reminding and rewarding Jade eg.”In 10 minutes you can move from the Quiet Chair to your friends”
• Meeting with Form Tutor and parents to get them on board and keeping them informed

Click here to see an example of a Behaviour Target card (8.8)