Managing Classroom Behavior Using Positive Behavior Supports: Pearson New International Edition

For students taking courses in classroom or behavior management. ¿ An essential how-to guide to positive behavior support in schools. ¿ Written as a methods manual for positive behavior support (PBIS) in school settings, this first edition text focuses on practical strategies for the classroom with step-by-step application examples. After an opening chapter that reviews the key literature and concepts related to evidence-based practice in positive behavior support, the text quickly moves on to a well-organized collection of indispensible tutorials, methods, and applications for teachers written in clear, down-to-earth language and supplemented with real-life examples.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction to a Prevention-Focused Model of Behavior Support Discipline Problems in the School    The “Causes” of Misbehavior    Summary Proactive Management    Preventing Failure by Promoting Success Prevention and the Academic-Social Behavior Connection A Three-Tiered Approach to Proactive Management Chapter Review     Chapter 4 Measuring Behavior in the School  Defining Behavior    Dimensions of Behavior Measurement Process    Step 1: Determine What to Monitor    Step 2: Determine the Simplest Way to Collect Data    Step 3: Monitor Behavior in a Consistent Manner    Step 4: Use Data to Evaluate and Make Decisions Behavior Monitoring Methods    Event-Based Recording    Time-Based Recording Decision Model Chapter Review   Chapter 5 Using Data to Make Instructional Decisions  Scope and Sequence: What Should Be Taught First, Second. . .?    Performing a Task Analysis: How Is It Done? Goals and Objectives: Plans for Teaching and Evaluation    Educational Goal Statement    Instructional Objectives Writing Instructional Objectives: Process Evaluating Instruction    Graphing Behavior: Visual Representations of Performance Evaluating Performance    Aim Lines    Trend Lines Data-Based Decision Making    Determining Effectiveness of the Plan Decisions: Successful Performance Chapter Review    Chapter 6 A Function-Based Perspective of Classroom Management     Rationale for Assessing a Classroom   Matching the Intervention to the Classroom   Emphasizing Educative Behavior Management   Conducting a Functional Behavior Assessment of the Classroom   Focus on Functional Routines   Using a Scatter Plot to Identify Problematic Routines Antecedents and Consequences   Antecedent Variables Setting Events and Contextual Variables Affecting Behavior in the Classroom Activities as Possible Setting Events Discriminative Stimuli Identifying Cues for Appropriate Behavior Consequences   Consequences for Inappropriate Behavior   What Consequences Follow Problem Behavior?   Which Consequences Are Reinforcing the Behavior?   Consequences for Appropriate Behavior Summary Chapter Review Appendix A–Functional Assessment for Classroom Environments Template Appendix B–Functional Assessment for Classroom Environments Example   Chapter 7 Effective Instruction for Behavior The Importance of Instruction    Instruction = Maximizing Success Rates    The Academic-Behavior Connection Key Features of Effective Instruction      Effective Instruction for Behavior    Facilitating Instruction    Considerations Chapter Review    Chapter 8 Antecedent Interventions in the Classroom Changing Setting Events to Improve Student Behavior Changing the Physical Layout of the Room Defining and Teaching Expected Behavior Structure of Routines Supervision Style Activities That Occur Before or After Class Manipulating the Effects of Discriminative Stimuli Summary Chapter Review   Chapter 9 Using Consequences to Encoura