Fifteen Positive Behavior Strategies to Increase Academic Success

Beverley H. Johns - Learning and Behavior Consultant, Jacksonville, IL
Fifteen Positive Behavior Strategies to Increase Academic Success
October 2014 | 184 pages | Corwin
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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

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

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

Conclusion

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

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

Contents

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Author

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

Conclusion

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

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Fifteen Positive Behavior Strategies to Increase Academic Success


October 2014 | 184 pages | Corwin

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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


Table Of Contents:

  • 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

Recent Product Reviews:

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
"Well-researched and well-written, this book will be treasured by anyone working with children and adolescents. The fifteen easy-to-use, effective behavior interventions are equally effective in addressing the behaviors of general education students and those identified as requiring specialized services, and are presented in an easy to read and easy-to-implement format. How I wish this book had been available thirty-six years ago when I started my teaching career!"
Joyce Sager, Special Education Inclusion Teacher, Gadsden City Schools
"This is a great book! The clear, concise manner this book is written in allows for ease of implementation of the positive behavior interventions presented. It will help achieve success in the areas of both behavior and academics."
Susan Schipper, Teacher, Charles Street School
"This is your go-to guide for positive behavior interventions that will energize instruction and learning for all students!"
Renee Bernhardt, ED.S. Curriculum and Instruction, Cherokee County School District
"This book provides teachers positive, easy-to-read techniques and ideas to use with students experiencing motivational and behavioral problems in the classroom. Any classroom teacher would benefit from using it."
Marsha Basanda, 5th Grade Teacher, Monarch Elementary

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