The Special Educator’s Guide to Behavior Management (Evidence-Based Instruction in Special Education)

✍ Scribed by Paul Mooney, Joseph B. Ryan

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 287
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This accessible, practitioner-focused textbook details a comprehensive classroom behavior management framework that is easy to understand and implement within a K-12 classroom. Influenced by decades of classroom teaching and special education teacher candidate preparation experiences, the book features effective evidence-based strategies designed to both prevent problem behaviors from occurring in classrooms and address challenging behaviors that presently exist or may arise.

Each of the book’s four sections show readers step-by-step how to develop, implement, and evaluate a personalized behavior management plan that best meets the unique needs of their classrooms which can vary tremendously in both size and types of students served. From the first page to the last, this new text addresses the reader in a friendly, personal way in an effort to enhance accessibility and encourage them to want to understand the "what and how" of each strategy and/or process and how it relates to the overall behavioral framework laid out in section one.

Ideal for both current and prospective special educators, this book supports readers in developing their own comprehensive approach to classroom behavior management that can be implemented across grade levels.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Contributing Authors
Preface
Section I: Preventing Problem Behaviors from Occurring
Chapter 1 Creating a Positive Learning Environment
Chapter 2 Legal Considerations for Disciplining Students with Disabilities
Chapter 3 Preventive Measures: Incorporating Effective Educational Practices into Your Classroom
Section II: Addressing Problem Behaviors
Chapter 4 Using Positive Behavior Interventions in Your Classroom
Chapter 5 Effective Ways to Address More Challenging Student Behaviors
Section III: Dealing with Serious Problem Behaviors
Chapter 6 Identifying the Function of Problem Behaviors
Chapter 7 How to Manage Aggressive Behavior Safely
Section IV: Other Factors and Considerations
Chapter 8 Working as Part of a Team
Chapter 9 Challenges and Tips for Working with Special Disability Populations
Chapter 10 Considerations for Working in an Early Childhood Setting
Chapter 11 Increased Use of Psychotropic Medications to Manage Behavior
Chapter 12 Best Practices for Dealing with Bullying and the Increasing Threat of Cyberbullying
Chapter 13 Assessing Problem Behaviors
Chapter 14 Avoiding Problematic and Abusive Disciplinary Practices
Appendix: Observation Forms
Financial Disclosures
Index