Gabriela-Dana Puscasu

Puscasu Gabriela-Dana is a BCBA and psychologist with right to practice in the field of Special Psychopedagogy. Having 14 years of experience in working with people with disabilities, she graduated from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University from Iasi, as well as the Master's courses in Educational Psychology and Counseling. She is a graduate of the BCBA/BCaBA Course Sequence from Clemson University and holds the specialization of accredited behavior analyst.

Presentation: Strategies applied to children’s groups for managing the undesirable behaviors  

Abstract:

The principles of applied behavior analysis can be successfully implemented in the school environment in order to improve, manage and reduce inappropriate behaviors. Teachers are faced with many challenging situations such as: the difficulties of the moments of transition between school tasks, impatience, lack of attention, aggression and many others, so that having techniques to improve the desirable behaviors in the classroom becomes necessary. Analyzing the environmental factors, the child's level of development, the teaching situation in the classroom, we can make favorable decisions in the sense of facilitating the teaching process, offering help to children who require additional support, as well as creating a rewarding environment for the entire group of students.