Recognize and reinforce positive behaviors and genuine task
accomplishments.
• Use various types of reinforcement such as teacher approval (praise,
smiles, attention, and pats on the shoulder), concrete reinforcement
(cookies, candies, and stationeries) and privileges (longer recess time
and more time with friends).
• Reinforce good behaviors and punish bad ones consistently.
• Use schedule of reinforcement, such as surprise rewards, to encourage
persistence.
• Use positive punishment as the last option. Use negative punishment,
such as detention class, instead.
• Punish students’ behavior, not their personal qualities.
• Tell the students which behavior is being punished.