behavior management

Guiding student actions

Behavior management refers to strategies and techniques for shaping conduct, especially in educational or therapeutic settings.

Teachers use behavior management to maintain classroom order and encourage learning.

The term also applies to parenting approaches and clinical interventions for conditions like ADHD.

The school adopted a new behavior management system based on positive reinforcement.

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intervention approach

behavior managementcorporal punishment

Inflicting pain as penalty

zero tolerance · retributive justice · punishment · authoritarian control · coercive control

control vs. autonomy

behavior managementself-regulation

Managing one's own behavior

self-determination · autonomy · free will · self-governance · self-direction

order vs. chaos

behavior managementchaos

Complete disorder and confusion

disorder · anarchy · pandemonium · bedlam · unruliness

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behavior, behaviour, behave, behaved, behaving, behaves, behavioral, behavioural, behaviorism

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