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RAID® (Reinforce Appropriate, Implode Disruptive) is a leading positive psychology approach for tackling challenging behaviour at source. First written in 1990 (and now in its 11th edition) well over 20,000 professionals working in mental health and related areas are trained in this approach. Order RAID posters for your organisation below.
Poster text: Progress is always green.
Poster text: Instead of focusign on the red begaviour, it's best to focus on developing the green begaviour that will overwhelm it.
Poster text: It's good to notice when someone is behaving in a way that works well and is usual for most people but out of the ordinary for that person.
Poster text: A green question focuses on green behaviour, not red. An, so long as you can answer it, the answer will necessarily eliminate the red behaviour.
Poster text: Things can still be green, even if they're not the shade of green you had in mind.
Poster text: The most basic (and good) level of RAIDing is to notice green behaviour and to respond in a way that makes it more likely to happen again.
Poster text: We play down disruptive behaviour as far as sfety allows, and concentrate instead on nurturing and developing appropriate behaviour.
Poster text: The template for success' is obtained by: 1) Noticing an instance of success, and 2) analysing what led to that success. After that, all you need to do is repeat what led to the success in the first place.
Poster text: If you focus on green, green becomes the focus.
Poster text: The more opportunities there are for green behaviour, the more green behaviour will occur. The less opportunities there are for green behaviour, the more red behaviour will occur.
Poster text: We only reinforce a behaviour if we increase its frequency and strength, that is the definition of a reinforcer. If we act in a way we intend to be reinforcing but he frequency of the target behaviour doesn't increase, then we didn't reinforce it. So we need to know what is likely to be reinforcing.
Poster text: Reinforcing green behaviour in the best way. E.g. 1) With what they naturally spend time doing. 2) Talking about successes. 3) Non-verbal reinforcers. 4) Praise (maybe). 5) Negative reinforcement.
Poster text: Negative reinforcement: increasing the frequency of a behaviour by removing something the person doesn't want. For many people, negative reinforcement is much more powerful than positive reinforcement.