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Fifteen Positive Behavior Strategies to Increase Academic Success



October 2014 | 184 pages | Corwin

Powerful behavioral interventions to help your students succeed

 

Behavioral problems can disrupt learning for the whole classroom if not managed properly, which is often a matter of frustrating trial and error. Just in time, this must-have guide brings you essential strategies to improve student learning by supporting good behavior rather than punishing bad behavior.

 

In Fifteen Positive Behavior Strategies to Increase Academic Success, Beverley Johns draws on forty years of experience working with the most challenging students to deliver a set of fifteen practical intervention techniques that can be applied to virtually any situation in both pull-out and inclusive classrooms.

 

Backed by research and case studies, each chapter is brief and to-the-point with a focus on one specific behavioral intervention technique. Insights include

 

  • Incorporating student interests in classroom activities
  • Understanding why the student is misbehaving to plan an appropriate intervention
  • Understanding how stimulation impacts performance

 

With these proven tactics, you’ll be able to act quickly, equitably, and effectively to ensure your classroom isn’t held back by problem behavior.


"Well-researched and well-written, this book will be treasured by anyone working with children and adolescents. How I wish this book had been available thirty-six years ago when I started my teaching career!"

—Joyce Sager, Special Education Teacher

Gadsden City Schools, Alabama

 

"This is your go-to guide for positive behavior interventions that will energize instruction and learning for all students!"

—Renee Bernhardt, Educational Specialist

Cherokee County School District, Canton, Georgia

 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Author
 
Introduction
 
1. Attributions
 
2. Behavior Momentum
 
3. Behavior Interspersal
 
4. Behavior-Specific Praise
 
5. Supportive Proximity Control
 
6. Interest-Based Interventions
 
7. Premack Principle
 
8. Choices
 
9. Response Cards
 
10. Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior
 
11. Fading
 
12. Function-Based Strategies
 
13. Strength-Based Strategies
 
14. Sensory-Based Strategies
 
15. Student Self-Monitoring
 
Conclusion
 
References
 
Index

The book is helpful and written in a reader friendly way. The checklist helps the reader to reflect on progress. This is a really practical and handy book.

Mrs Dawn Burnham
Early Years, Farnborough College of Technology
December 4, 2017

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