Preventing Problem Behaviors
By: Bob Algozzine, Ann P. Daunic, Stephen W. Smith
Focused on foundations, intervention, collaboration, and evaluation, this resource offers effective strategies and practices for preventing problem behavior at both the classroom and school level.
- Grade Level: PreK-12
- ISBN: 9781412970488
- Published By: Corwin
- Year: 2010
- Page Count: 248
- Publication date: March 10, 2010
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Description
"A wonderful tool for administrators and teachers that offers child-centered resources and ideas to help our learners succeed, thereby making our classrooms more effective. I especially love the sample behavior reports, progress monitoring charts, and the self-monitoring chart. Helping students see that they are responsible for their actions and making them partners in their education are effective practices."
—Megan M. Allen, Fourth-Grade Teacher
Cleveland Elementary School, Tampa, FL
Prevention is the key to a successful school behavior plan!
In today's increasingly diverse PreK–12 classrooms, problem behaviors can often interrupt instructional time and disrupt learning. Designed for 21st-century school leaders, administrators, behavior specialists, and classroom teachers, this research-based guide offers specific strategies and plans for preventing problem behavior at both the classroom and school level.
Based on the premise that early response to problems can lead to better outcomes for students, the book's content is framed around four essential areas: foundations, intervention, collaboration, and evaluation. Within these areas, this accessible guide features:
- The latest information on the science and practice of prevention
- Reasons why conflict resolution, peer mediation, and bully-proofing are essential to prevention
- Effective practices for teaching social skills to young children
- Proven techniques for implementing schoolwide positive behavior support
- Tools for using individual behavior plans to prevent problems
- Ideas for home-school and community partnerships and culturally responsible teaching
- Critical strategies for monitoring student progress and evaluating prevention practices
- New, updated chapters, including information on preschool behavior support and RTI
This valuable resource provides all the tools and strategies school leaders and teachers need to keep children focused on learning.
Key features
This book provides:
- Effective practices for teaching social skills to young children
- Successfulpractices for implementing schoolwide positive behavior support
- Strategies for cognitive-behavioral interventions (CBIs) to address problem behaviors in school settings
- Critical features of small-group social skills instruction
- Reasons why conflict resolution, peer mediation, and bully-proofing are important in preventive classroom efforts
- Features for using individual behavior plans in efforts to prevent problems
- Ideas forhome-school partnerships, community partnerships, and culturally responsive teaching
- Critical aspects for monitoring progress and evaluating prevention programs
Author(s)
![Bob Algozzine photo](https://corwinpress.azureedge.net/sp-corwinpress-prod/images/default-source/authors/contributor-533156-v533156-533156-u6384286824.jpg?sfvrsn=48fbb77c_0)
Bob Algozzine
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Ann P. Daunic
![Stephen W. Smith photo](https://www.corwin.com/Content/Img/no-image-available.png)
Stephen W. Smith
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Prevention Science and Practice
What We Know about Prevention Practice
What We Know about Response to Intervention
What We Know about Behavior and Academics
Changing the Lives of Students with Problems
An Illustration from Practice
2. Preschool Behavior Support
Importance of Teaching Social Skills in Preschool
Effective Practices for Teaching Social Skills to Young Children
Teaching Young Children How to Behave in Social Settings
An Illustration from Practice
3. Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support
Definition and Importance of SWPBS
Characteristics and Effective Practices of SWPBS
Effectiveness of SWPBS
Perspective on School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
An Illustration from Practice
4. Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in School Settings
Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions
Theoretical Underpinnings of CBI
Current Research on CBI
School-Based CBIs
A CBI Example
Summary
An Illustration from Practice
5. Social Skills Instruction and Generalization Strategies
Social Skills, Social Competence, and Curricula
Generalization of Social Skills and Building Performance Competence
Why Social Skills Programs Sometimes Fail
Gaining Community Support for Social Skills Training
Importance of Improving and Generalizing Social Skills
6. Conflict Resolution, Peer Mediation, and Bullying Prevention
Some Program Definitions
A Developmental Framework
Characteristics of Effective CRE Programs
How to Sustain CRE and Bullying Prevention Programs
Concluding Thoughts
An Illustration from Practice
7. Classroom Interventions and Individual Behavior Plans
What Educators Should Know About the RTI Model
RTI as a Schoolwide and Classroom Management Approach
Effective Classroom Management Approaches
Tier 2 Behavior Plans for Students
Behavior Planning for Tier 2 Students
Summary of Tier 2 Behavior Planning
Individualized Behavior Plan (BIP)
Conclusion
8. Effective Home-School Partnerships
The Importance of Home-School Partnerships
Principles and Key Features of Home-School Partnerships
Characteristics of Effective Home-School Partnerships
Home-School Partnerships and Challenging Behavior
Illustration from Practice
9. Community and Interagency Partnerships
Poverty, Immigrant Status and Risk
Interagency Approaches to Preventing Problem Behavior
Core Principles and Governance Structure
Linkages to Learning in Action
Preventing Problem Behaviors with Community Partnerships
10. Culturally Responsive Teaching
Culture and Today's Classrooms
Culturally Responsive Teaching
Teaching Appropriate Behavior
Teaching Behavior to CLD Learners
Conclusion
Illustrations from Practice
11. Monitoring Student Progress and Evaluating Prevention Practices
Evaluating Outcomes of Prevention Efforts
Designing Program Evaluations
Measurement Issues
Common Hazards in Program Evaluation
Disseminating Evaluation Information
Measuring Success of Preventing Programs
12. Building and Sustaining Effective Prevention Practices
Building Effective Prevention Practices
Putting It All Together
Postscript
References
Index
Reviews
"A wonderful tool for administrators and teachers that offers child-centered resources and ideas to help our learners succeed, thereby making our classrooms more effective. The book contains tools to help our students think through their problems, learn social skills necessary in everyday life, and focus on positive results. I especially love the sample behavior reports, progress monitoring charts, and the self-monitoring chart. It is so effective to help students see that they are responsible for their actions and to make them partners in their education."Megan M. Allen, Fourth-Grade Teacher
Cleveland Elementary School, Tampa, FL
"This clearly written book provides a comprehensive review of programs and strategies that support positive behaviors in our schools. The connection between social behavior and academic achievement has long been recognized. The authors go beyond describing this link to clearly delineate the factors that must be addressed, including early intervention, the use of evidence-based practices, and progress monitoring. They also address the need for building and sustaining the supports necessary for success, such as partnerships with families and community agencies and culturally responsive teaching. This book is for educators and administrators who are committed to preventing problem behaviors in schools."Joan Robbins, Director of Special Services
De Soto School District, KS
"The authors provide a rigorously researched, highly accessible resource for preventing, minimizing, and responding to students' challenging behaviors. A major strength is the wide array of evidence-based, culturally responsive practices presented in ways that school personnel can readily apply. Teachers, administrators, and related service personnel will find this well-sequenced text both motivating and instructive as they consider how best to address the academic and behavioral needs of their students."Michael S. Rosenberg, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Special Education
Johns Hopkins University