Challenging behavior in elementary and middle school /
Barbara Kaiser.
- Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Pearson Education, Inc., 2009.
- xiv, 370 p.: ill. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographic references and index
Introduction -- What is challenging behavior? -- Risk factors -- Protective factors -- Behavior and the brain -- Relationship, relationship, relationship -- Opening the culture door -- Preventing challenging behavior: the social context -- Preventing challenging behavior: physical space, classroom management, and teaching strategies -- Guidance and other discipline strategies -- The WEVAS strategy -- Functional assessment and positive behavior support -- g The inclusive classroom -- Working with families and other experts -- Bullying.
Written by an educator and consultant who has spent 30 years working with children and families and a writer who specializes in education issues, Challenging Behaviors in Elementary and Middle School is a comprehensive and indispensable resource for everyone who plans to work-or is currently working-in elementary and middle schools. This new text presents in-depth background information and strategies to help pre-service and practicing teachers understand, prevent, and address the behavior problems found so often in today`s schools.
English
978-0-205-46099-1
Behavior modification Classroom management Middle school students PSYCHOLOGY School children--Psychology Problem children--Education (Elementary)