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INTERVENTION
Strategies for teaching students with learning and behavioral problems
By Candace Bos
Book review:
A text for teachers and potential teachers. That provides
information about general approaches to learning and teaching,
describing methods and procedures in detail. It discusses
classroom management, consultation, and working with parents and
professionals.
From the back cover
Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior
Problems continues to provide in-depth descriptions of methods and
strategies for teaching students, managing professional roles, and
collaborating with families, professionals, and paraprofessionals.
This new edition features an increased emphasis on secondary level
students by adding a new chapter on "Transition Planning and
Education." The authors have also integrated technology throughout
the book with the addition of Tech Talks and relevant web sites.
Additional emphasis has been placed on monitoring student progress
and teaching diverse students throughout the book. For pre-service
and in-service teachers.
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INTERVENTION
Teachers' guide to inclusive practices: Behavioral support
By Marha Snell, Johanna Elliott, Cynthia Pitonyak, Christine
Burton, Kenna Colley, Johnna Elliot and Rachel Janney
Book description:
Students' behavior is a key issue in every classroom. Educators
face the challenge of managing classroom behavior, teaching
acceptable social skills, and maintaining curriculum standards in
diverse classroom settings.
In this easy-to-read manual, general and special education teachers,
counselors, related services staff, and family members will gain
insight into students' behaviors and discover fresh, proactive ideas
on how to help them develop appropriate behavioral skills through
forming more positive relationships, communicating more effectively
with peers, and taking a more active role in school and community
A quick and concise guide to current research and recommended
methods, Behavioral Support provides the field-tested strategies
professionals need for working with students with disabilities.
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Functional assessment: Strategies to prevent and remediate
challenging behaviour in school settings
By Lynette Chandler
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This book is unique in its wide application to a number of
settings. The comprehensive, practical treatment of functional
assessment addresses preschool through high school levels, regular
education and self-contained classroom settings, and special and
regular student populations. Its strong use of vignettes and
open-ended case studies promotes problem solving among readers as
they identify the function of behavior, choose intervention
options, and pinpoint typical functional assessment practices.
Focuses on three functions of behavior�positive reinforcement,
negative reinforcement, and sensory stimulation/sensory
regulation. Covers specific interventions by function, with
coverage of intervention techniques. Encourages positive,
team-based approaches to the prevention and remediation of
challenging behavior. Provides practical solutions, instructing
readers on how to conduct functional assessment in the classroom
as well as other school settings and how to choose and apply
interventions based on functional assessment.
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Building positive behavior support systems in schools: Functional
behavioral assessment
by
Deanne Crone and Robert Horner
Book description:
Text provides a blueprint for embedding a successful, efficient system
of individual behavior support with a school. Includes discussions on
the challenges facing today's schools as a result of serious problem
behavior and the process of using functional behavioral assessment to
design behavior support plans.
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INTERVENTION
Developmental Therapy � developmental teaching: Fostering
social-emotional competence in troubled children
By Mary M. Wood, Karen R. Davis, Faye L. Swindle
(Contributor), Constance Quirk (Contributor)
Book description:
A curriculum that provides a framework for guiding
social-emotional development and responsible behavior in children
and teens. Developmental Therapy is the structured application for
students with severe social, emotional, or behavioral disabilities
which require systematic, therapeutic intervention. Developmental
therapy becomes Developmental Teaching as students require less
intensive and less structured interventions.
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INTERVENTION
Hope fulfilled for at-risk and violent youth: K-12 programs
that work
By Robert Barr
Book description:
A comprehensive resource for educators, schools and communities
concerned with significantly improving the education of at-risk youth.
The text provides a survey of effective programmes for identifying
violent, violence-prone, and bullying students; and information on early
warning signs, predictive profiles, and programmes with proven success
in working with these difficult students. It provides a comprehensive
synthesis of research and evaluation data on effective programmes and
practices for teaching youth at risk, along with the essential
characteristics of effective programmes and school
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INTERVENTION
Positive behavioral support in the classroom:
Principles and practices
By Lewis Jackson (Editor), Marion V. Panyan
(Editor), Diane Lea Ryndark
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Behavior
Management: Applications for teachers and parents
By Thomas J. Zirpoli and Kristine J. Melloy
Book description:
Highly applications-oriented, this student-friendly text promotes an
understanding of both the technical and functional aspects of
applied behavior analysis, and examines appropriate implementation
strategies for managing behavior wherever adults supervise the
activities of children and adolescents – in the classroom, at day
care centers, even at home. Based on solid theory, it integrates
many practical applications, field-based examples and case studies
throughout to substantiate material covered
Back cover:
This applications-oriented book promotes an understanding of both
the technical and functional aspects of applied behavior analysis,
and examines appropriate implementation strategies for managing
behavior wherever adults supervise the activities of children and
adolescents – in the classroom, at day care centers, even at home.
Based on solid theory, it integrates many practical applications,
field-based examples and case studies throughout to substantiate
material covered. Key Topics: Emphasizing the concept of teaching
and reinforcing appropriate behavior and social skills, the book
addresses important topics overlooked in most other texts of its
kind, such as formal behavioral assessment and cognitive behavior
modification. It devotes separate chapters to young children,
adolescents, and students from diverse backgrounds, and focuses on
specific strategies appropriate for these special populations.
Material is enhanced with numerous practical examples, real-life
vignettes, intriguing discussion questions, case studies, samples of
contracts, and references at the end of each chapter. There's now
updated and expanded coverage on ADHD, peer monitoring and
mediation, the latest behavior management research, new assessment
tools, and cultural influences on behavior, and the book highlights
current situations and techniques with new vignettes and examples to
involve readers in realistic, contemporary decision making. Market:
For teachers and administrators.
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Positive pupil management: A secondary teacher's guide
By Eddie McNamara
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INTERVENTION
Emotional and behavioral problems: A handbook for
understanding students and handling students
By Paul Zionts, Laura Zionts and Richard Simpson
"This serves as a great resource for educators who
want to know more about youth with emotional and behavioral
disorders and the needs of their families. I know I will draw from
it in the future to orient new staff working with emotionally and
behaviorally challenged youth."
Book description
Studies show 10% of all children and adolescents in the U.S.
experience emotional and behavioral problems serious enough to need
professional help. The authors take a complex, under-discussed topic
and give teachers and administrators useful, basic guidelines they
can put to use quickly in understanding, identifying, and helping
this special group of students.
This well-organized, easy-to-follow handbook features:
- Definitions and causes of emotional and behavioral problems
- Concrete examples of diagnostic and assessment methods
- Detailed management programs for treating emotionally and
behaviorally challenged students
- Resource lists for both the professional and the parents
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INTERVENTION
Antisocial behavior in
school: Strategies and best practices
By Geoff Colvin, Elizabeth Ramsey & Hill M. Ramsey Walker
Book description:
This indispensable resource describes the "best practices" for
coping with antisocial behavior patterns among children and youth in
school. Designed to enhance educators' understanding of the nature,
origins, and causes of antisocial behavior, this book offers
interventions and model programs that can be used in preventing or
premeditating this growing problem in the schools. |
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