Behavior Management : Positive Applications for Teachers
ISBN: 9780137063208 | 0137063202
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 12/27/2010
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Thiscomprehensive text outlines and overviews the measurement, assessment, and intervention of behavior challenges commonly found in classroom environments.The revised sixth edition of Behavior Management: Positive Applications for Teachers outlines both school-wide and individual strategies for positive behavior supports while also focusing on how educators can develop unique behavior management strategies for individual students. This comprehensive text emphasizes functional techniques, real-world classrooms, and practical information all whi... MORE
Brief Contents
Part I Foundations for Understanding and Managing Behavior
Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Behavior and Behavior Management
Chapter 2 Legal Considerations for Schools
Part II U nderstanding Your Students ... MORE
Chapter 3 Diversity in the Classroom
Chapter 4 Issues in Early Childhood Behavior
Chapter 5 Issues in Adolescent Behavior
Part III Measuring and Charting Behavior
Chapter 6 Data Collection Techniques
Chapter 7 Single-Subject Designs
Part IV Strategies for Behavioral Assessment
Chapter 8 Formal Behavioral Assessment
Chapter 9 Functional and Curriculum-Based Assessment
Part V Strategies for Increasing Positive Behavioral Supports
Chapter 10 Positive Behavioral Supports: Reinforcement Strategies
Chapter 11 Cognitive Behavior Modification
Part VI Strategies for Decreasing Behavior
Chapter 12 School-Wide Strategies for Positive Behavior Supports
Chapter 13 Individual Strategies for Positive Behavior Supports
Chapter 14 Srategies for Specific Behavior Challenges
Tom Zirpoli holds the Laurence J. Adams Endowed Chair in Special Education at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He completed his Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of Virginia and his undergraduate degree in Psychology from Old Dominion University. Dr. Zirpoli has taught behavior management and classroom management at McDaniel College; the Univeristy of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minessota; and the Univeristy of Virginia. He has written books and journal articles on basic behavior management, classroom management, and parenting. He has conducted hundreds of professional development trainings for teachers, K-12, on classroom management, as well as parenting workshops across the nation.
