Enhancing Your Child's Behavior - A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents and Teachers

Robert Cimera uses an applied approach in this user-friendly book to explain how to improve the behavior of children with and without disabilities. Parents and teachers can follow a recommended step-by-step process to help them figure out what is causing the behaviors that they want to change and what strategies might help to improve them. This book also provides places for readers to keep a journal and record their thoughts and for them to develop a behavior modification plan.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 1 The Basics of Behavior Change Chapter 3 2 The Process of Modifying Behavior Chapter 4 3 Step 1: Identifying the Target and Replacement Behaviors Chapter 5 4 Step 2: Collecting Baseline Data and Determining the Cause of Target Behavior Chapter 6 5 Step 3: Developing an Intervention: Increasing Appropriate Behavior Chapter 7 6 Step 4: Developing an Intervention: Decreasing Inappropriate Behavior Chapter 8 7 Step 5: Implementing and Evaluating Behavioral Modification Programs Chapter 9 8 Strategies for Modifying various Behaviors Chapter 10 9 Strategies for Addressing Specific Behaviors Chapter 11 10 Preventing, De-escalating, and Reacting to Aggressive Behaviors Chapter 12 About the Authors

About the author

By Robert Evert Cimera

Product details

• Authors: Robert Cimera, Robert E. Cimera, Robert Evert Cimera
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.2003
• EAN: 9780810847576
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-4757-6
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 227 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 308 g
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Child & developmental psychology, Organization & management of education, Advice on parenting, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Educational administration and organization, Parenting: advice and issues