Description
Book SynopsisDecrease destructive behaviors and improve students'social outlook and academic performance with the ideas you'll find in this book!
Here is a state-of-the-art review of behavior psychology services in public schools! It will help you address issues of evaluation, technical assistance consultation, training, student discipline, academic remediation, and health-facilitating intervention. Then it explores systems-wide applications that put this knowledge to work.
Authored by respected clinicians, educators, and researchers who blend their extensive practical knowledge with scientific findings to deliver sound, practical advice, Behavior Psychology in the Schools: Innovations in Evaluation, Support, and Consultation:
- presents an overview of the focus, scope, and practice of behavioral consultation to public schools, examining contemporary approaches such as positive behavior support, functional behavioral assessment, and efficacy evaluation
- shows why
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Focus, Scope, and Practice of Behavioral Consultation to Public Schools
- The Evolution of Discipline Practices: School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports
- Academic Remediation: Educational Applications of Research on Assignment Preference and Choice
- Health Promotion Interventions
- Behavioral Strategies to Reduce School Violence
- Using Curriculum-Based Measurement to Evaluate Intervention Efficacy
- Expanding Technical Assistance Consultation to Public Schools: District-Wide Evaluation of Instructional and Behavior Support Practices for Students with Developmental Disabilities
- School-Wide Behavior Support: Legal Implications and Requirements
- Training School Psychologists in Behavior Support Consultation
- Examining the Efficacy of School-Based Consultation: Recommendations for Improving Outcomes
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
