[senco-forum] photo/video as behaviour tool

I often use pictures of children behaving well to motivate and model good

I've done this with a Year 7 lad who was statemented for behavioural 
difficulties / needs but was at severe risk of permanent exclusion. 
However, this was several years ago, and I instinctively have the feeling 
that today it would be somehow be regarded as politically incorrect, or in 
some way abusive....

But at the time, the LA was happy to sanction the idea...so we shot lots of 
video of this young man in lessons.  We had to allow for a period (when 
actually the camera was turned on but not recording) where both he and the 
other children got used to the idea, and didn't perform 'for' the camera. 
They did get used to it and we got both 'good' and 'bad' footage.  When 
something had gone particularly pear-shaped, the LSA would withdraw the 
child to the Learning Support area almost immediately, in order to review 
and discuss the footage with the child.  (All highlights, good and bad, were 
reviewed with him in timetabled sessions with his key LSA and me as SENCO.)

We went down this route because we felt that he didn't understand how he 
looked to others - and early on in the piece he did observe, 'Christ I look 
a complete prat', unprompted, when reviewing his 'performance'.  It wasn't a 
magic bullet, but it certainly helped; when things got difficult, he would 
be asked to think about how this would look 'on camera', long after we 
stopped using it.  We also wanted to see whether the 'threat' of knowing 
that his parents might see the footage would help him to exercise greater 
control over his behaviour (it didn't).

The young man in question managed to get to Year 11, where he foolishly, 
having asked to leave the lesson to go to the toilet, came back and told the 
teacher that he'd forgotten his lighter; his baccy tin, when investigated, 
didn't contain just tobacco - and he was permanently excluded.

Biff

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From: "Kate Barnes" <kate.senrab at btinternet.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 10:54 PM
Subject: [senco-forum] photo/video as behaviour tool

>I often use pictures of children behaving well to motivate and model good 
>behaviour. but has anyone ever taken photos or video footage of children 
>behaving badly and used them to discuss behaviour with child and/ or 
>parents?
>  I'm not at all sure what I think about the idea - but have a child at the 
> moment that i suspect it might work with - not quite sure why I feel so 
> uncomfortable with the idea! apart from the obvious negative emphasis. 
> maybe good and bad pics then discuss the reasons for variation in 
> behaviour?
>  Thoughts please!
>  Kate
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kate Barnes" <kate.senrab at btinternet.com>
To: "'senco forum'" <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 10:54 PM
Subject: [senco-forum] photo/video as behaviour tool

>I often use pictures of children behaving well to motivate and model good 
>behaviour. but has anyone ever taken photos or video footage of children 
>behaving badly and used them to discuss behaviour with child and/ or 
>parents?
>  I'm not at all sure what I think about the idea - but have a child at the 
> moment that i suspect it might work with - not quite sure why I feel so 
> uncomfortable with the idea! apart from the obvious negative emphasis. 
> maybe good and bad pics then discuss the reasons for variation in 
> behaviour?
>  Thoughts please!
>  Kate
>
>
>
>
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