Preventing Problem Behaviors

Preventing Problem Behaviors
Author: Bob Algozzine
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2015-04-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1632209799

In today's increasingly diverse PreK–12 classrooms, problem behaviors can often interrupt instructional time and disrupt learning. Designed for 21st-century school leaders, administrators, behavior specialists, and classroom teachers, this research-based guide offers specific strategies and plans for preventing problem behavior at both the classroom and school level. Based on the premise that early response to problems can lead to better outcomes for students, the book's content is framed around four essential areas: foundations, intervention, collaboration, and evaluation. Within these areas, this accessible guide features: -The latest information on the science and practice of prevention -Reasons why conflict resolution, peer mediation, and bully-proofing are essential to prevention -Effective practices for teaching social skills to young children -Proven techniques for implementing schoolwide positive behavior support -Tools for using individual behavior plans to prevent problems -Ideas for home-school and community partnerships and culturally responsible teaching -Critical strategies for monitoring student progress and evaluating prevention practices -New, updated chapters, including information on preschool behavior support and RTI This valuable resource provides all the tools and strategies school leaders and teachers need to keep children focused on learning.

Transforming School Mental Health Services

Transforming School Mental Health Services
Author: Beth Doll
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2007-09-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1452297967

Provides a comprehensive ten-step sequence for implementing population-based services that improve wellness and academic success for individual students and entire schools, and offers suggestions for engaging parents.

Handbook of Bullying in Schools

Handbook of Bullying in Schools
Author: Shane R. Jimerson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 625
Release: 2009-12-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 113526287X

The Handbook of Bullying in Schools provides a comprehensive review and analysis of what is known about the worldwide bullying phenomena. It is the first volume to systematically review and integrate what is known about how cultural and regional issues affect bullying behaviour and its prevention. Key features include the following: Comprehensive – forty-one chapters bring together conceptual, methodological, and preventive findings from this loosely coupled field of study, thereby providing a long-needed centerpiece around which the field can continue to grow in an organized and interdisciplinary manner. International Focus – approximately forty-percent of the chapters deal with bullying assessment, prevention, and intervention efforts outside the USA. Chapter Structure – to provide continuity, chapter authors follow a common chapter structure: overview, conceptual foundations, specific issues or programs, and a review of current research and future research needs. Implications for Practice – a critical component of each chapter is a summary table outlining practical applications of the foregoing research. Expertise – the editors and contributors include leading researchers, teachers, and authors in the bullying field, most of whom are deeply connected to organizations studying bullying around the world.

Strategies for Managing Behavior Problems in the Classroom

Strategies for Managing Behavior Problems in the Classroom
Author: Mary Margaret Kerr
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1998
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses preparing general or special education teachers, school psychologists, or counselors. Practical content makes it a ready reference for in-service also. Comprehensive and practical, this text covers each specific problem behavior in depth, offering actual classroom-tested strategies for assessing and remediating problem behaviors. With its emphasis on "best practices," this volume provides complete, up-to-date references for all strategies, including case studies, forms, and step-by-step guides. Not limited to special education settings, the examples feature K-12 students typically developing as well as those with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities.

Resilient Classrooms

Resilient Classrooms
Author: Beth Doll
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2014-01-13
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1462513638

This indispensable practitioner resource presents classroom-based strategies for supporting all students' success and psychological wellness in grades K-9. The authors clearly explain what makes a classroom a healthy place to learn. They describe effective procedures for recognizing when a classroom is lacking essential supports, intervening to put missing supports into place, and evaluating the effects on learning and development. Rich case studies show how the strategies have been used by actual educators. Reproducible worksheets and planning tools are included; the large-size format facilitates photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials. New to This Edition *Incorporates a substantial new research base. *Expanded K-9 grade range. *Discussions of timely topics: English language learners, cultural diversity, response to intervention, and positive behavior supports. *Most case studies are new. *Seven additional reproducibles (intervention strategy sheets). This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.

Communicator

Communicator
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 548
Release: 1999
Genre: Elementary school principals
ISBN:

Creating Inclusive Classrooms

Creating Inclusive Classrooms
Author: Spencer J. Salend
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 702
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN:

The sixth edition ofCreating Inclusive Classrooms: Effective and Reflective Practices for All Studentsgoes beyond the typical inclusion text in its reflective discussions on how to teach students with varying learning abilities. The text contains all of the core information that an inclusion text requires and then takes the reader to a higher level by including issues of gender, race, ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, and family structures.

Little Girls Can Be Mean

Little Girls Can Be Mean
Author: Michelle Anthony, M.A., Ph.D.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2010-08-17
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1429964804

Worried about mean girls? Help your daughter respond and react to bullying where it starts---in elementary school As experts in developmental psychology and each a mother of three, Dr. Michelle Anthony and Dr. Reyna Lindert began noticing an alarming pattern of social struggle among girls as young as five, including their own daughters. In today's world, it is likely that your daughter has been faced with bullying and friendship issues, too---and perhaps you're at a loss for how to guide her through these situations effectively. Little Girls Can Be Mean is the first book to tackle the unique social struggles of elementary-aged girls, giving you the tools you need to help your daughter become stronger, happier, and better able to enjoy her friendships at school and beyond. Dr. Anthony and Dr. Lindert offer an easy-to-follow, 4-step plan to help you become a problem-solving partner with your child, including tips and insights that girls can use on their own to confront social difficulties in an empowered way. Whether your daughter is just starting grade school or is already on her way to junior high, you'll learn how to: OBSERVE the social situation with new eyes CONNECT with your child in a new way GUIDE your child with simple, compassionate strategies SUPPORT your daughter to act more independently to face the social issue By focusing squarely on the issues and needs of girls in the years before adolescence, Little Girls Can Be Mean is the essential, go-to guide for any parent or educator of girls in grades K-6.