Managing Classroom Behaviors : A Reflective Case-Based Approach

Key Benefit: Widely-used, case-based text applies behavior management principles to classroom teaching, with an emphasis on analyzing behavior management as an instructional problem. Key Topics: Main concepts covered in the chapters include: Analyzing Cases, Identifying Behavior Problems, Analyzing Behavior Problems, Changing Behavior, Talking with Students, Using Peer Influence, Working with Other Educators, Working with Parents and Families. Features sixteen full cases in Part II which describe teachers' actual experiences and provide opportunities for application of principles to teaching. The cases are diverse, depicting general and special education, and describe students ranging from primary grades to high school. There are also multicultural cases and a discussion of multicultural issues. Summary of best instructional practices with mnemonic devices. Covers co-teaching and its pros and cons. Includes a completed pre-correction plan, which helps students understand how to analyze a behavior management problem as an instructional problem and plan instruction to solve the problem. Market: Written for elementary, middle, and high school teachers, both general and special educators, who are currently in training or already teaching in the classroom.