Name Calling

The student may:

• • Say inappropriate words, swear, demean, tease, etc

  • Be sarcastic, patronize, or make innuendos

  • Have frequent reports from other students or staff

  • Initiate verbal conflicts

  • Make “inside jokes” as indicated by laughing after the comment or words

  • Use code words or symbolic language to represent something inappropriate

  • Repeat others in a deliberate and patronizing way

  • Use variations of inappropriate words or curse words and phrases, for example, “shat”, “flucking”, “biatch”, etc

  • Use sensitive words in an insulting or joking manner, like “retarded”, “gay”, etc

  • Use racial, stereotypical, or culturally insensitive words

  • Have other students frequently complain about them

  • Blame or accuse others frequently for calling them names

Tier I Interventions

Before you start, a few important points:

• Try multiple interventions

• Try each intervention for a minimum of 4-weeks and over 1 intervention may be implemented at the same time.

• Further details on each intervention is linked here.

Interventions:

• • Avoid power struggles

  • Call parent or note home

  • Card Flip

  • Frequent eye contact

  • Have student say a nice thing to the student they called a name

  • Logical consequence

  • Model appropriate language

  • Praise when cooperative and well behaved

  • Praise when good attitude and involvement occur

  • Proximity to students

  • Redirection

  • Reflection sheet

  • Speak in calm and neutral tone

  • Speak with student in hallway

  • Start Commands

  • Take away privileges

  • Take away unstructured or free time

  • Talk one on one with student

  • Talk to parent

  • Teach conflict resolution skills

  • Teach coping skills

  • Teach relationship skills

  • Teach social skills

  • Teach substitute words