How is the focus on emotional regulation in the SCERTS Model different from what has been referred to as behavior management?
A behavior management approach is most often focused on changing or eliminating problem behavior by manipulating consequences. There may be no consideration of functions of behavior or developmental variables such as understanding problem behavior as an attempt to communicate when a child has limited means to do so. The emphasis and ultimate goal of such behavior management approaches is to reduce or eliminate behavior, often as a reactive approach to problem behavior that appears. The strategies used often are designed by an “expert” in behavior management who writes a specific program for others to follow. In an emotional regulatory approach, problem behavior is viewed in terms of a child’s attempts to cope with or adapt to environmental or physiological stressors relative to the child’s developmental capacities and emotional history with a person or am activity. An emotional regulatory approach considers a child’s intentions, emotional arousal, sensory profile, previous emotional ex
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