Improving Student Behavior and Cultivating Meaningful Relationships - A Teachers Guide to Positive Preventive Approaches in Inclusive

This comprehensive guide offers simple and effective strategies for supporting and improving the classroom behavior of all your students, including those with intensive behavior support needs.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Behavioral Interventions and Student-Teacher; Relationships; Part I: Teaching Behavior; 2. Establishing Expectations; 3. Explicit Instruction; Part II: Encouraging Appropriate Behavior; 4. Positive Greetings at the Door; 5. Behavioral Momentum; 6. Instructional Choice; 7. Increasing Opportunities to Respond; 8. Precorrection; 9. Precision Requests; Part III: Maintaining Appropriate Behavior; 10. Behavior Specific Praise; 11. Token Economies; 12. Positive Group Contingencies; Part IV: Responding to Intensive Behavior Support Needs; 13. Differential Reinforcement; 14. Check-In Check-Out; 15. Behavior Contracts; 16. Informal Functional Behavioral Assessment; Closing Thoughts; 17. Closing Thoughts

About the author

Lauren W. Collins, Ph.D., is an associate professor of special education at San Diego State University. Her work focuses on the dissemination of practical, evidence-based strategies for students with disabilities, with an emphasis on early literacy and behavioral interventions.
Timothy J. Landrum, Ph.D., is a professor of special education at the University of Louisville. He is a leading scholar in the field of emotional and behavioral disorders who specializes in the translation of research into practice.
Chris A. Sweigart, Ph.D., is a special education consultant in Kentucky and the creator of Limened, a website for teachers to support students with a variety of challenges.

Summary

This comprehensive guide offers simple and effective strategies for supporting and improving the classroom behavior of all your students, including those with intensive behavior support needs.

Product details

• Authors: Lauren Collins, Lauren W. Collins, Lauren W. Landrum Collins, Timothy Landrum, Timothy J. Landrum, Landrum Timothy J., Chris Sweigart, Chris A. Sweigart
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032742335
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3274233-5
• No. of pages: 308
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Classroom Management, EDUCATION / Behavioral Management, Educational psychology, teacher training, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Pre-school & kindergarten, Multicultural education, Pre-school and kindergarten, Educational strategies and policy