What do you need to know about BESD?
Challenging Behaviour addresses some key questions about coping effectively with pupils with BESD. The following questions are each linked to the relevant part of the resource. Click on a link below to find out more.
School improvement
- How do I organise INSET sessions on BESD?
- What are the features of effective whole school responses to BESD?
- How can staff be supported when coping with BESD? (see ‘Social support’)
Teaching challenging pupils
- What does the SEN Code of Practice (2001) tell us about BESD?
- What types of BESD might I encounter in school?
- How might a teacher’s behaviour adversely influence pupils with BESD?
- How do I develop effective working relationships with other agencies?
Helping pupils to change their behaviour
- How do I assess a behaviour problem?
- How do I measure a behaviour problem?
- How do I observe and record behaviour in an objective way?
- How do I analyse a behaviour problem?
- How do I identify the causes of a behaviour problem?
- How do I modify a pupil’s aggressive behaviour?
- How do I reduce undesirable behaviour?
- How do I encourage positive behaviour?
Helping pupils overcome negative thinking and emotions
- How do I help pupils think more positively about themselves?
- Why do some pupils lack motivation?
- How are pupils’ emotions linked to their motivation? (click on ‘Different emotional reactions’)
- How do I raise a pupil’s self-worth?
- How do I help pupils who lack self-confidence? (click on ‘Learned helplessness’)
- How do I help pupils manage their anger?