TY - BOOK AU - Kaiser, Barbara AU - Rasminsky, Judy Siklar TI - Challenging behavior in elementary and middle school SN - 978-0-205-46099-1 AV - 370.1528 K12c PY - 2009/// CY - Upper Saddle River, New Jersey PB - Pearson Education, Inc. KW - Behavior modification KW - Classroom management KW - Middle school students KW - PSYCHOLOGY KW - School children KW - Psychology KW - Problem children KW - Education (Elementary) N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -