Preventing Problem Behaviors A Handbook of Successful Prevention Strategies

"By combining the 'best of practices' designed to prevent school behavior problems, the authors provide more comprehensive and a wider range of source material than is typically available." Mary Damer Author, Managing Unmanageable Students: Practical Solutions for Administrators Early response (to learning, behavioral, or emotional problems) leads to better outcomes (for students, teachers, and the school at large) . . . and now this groundbreaking book gives you successful classroom and schoolwide strategies to stop problem behavior before it starts. It's the perfect "launch pad" for your own school's prevention program. This detailed and practical handbook, Preventing Problem Behaviors, includes insights to prevention through: Improved behavior Total Quality principles Social skills instruction Schoolwide discipline Parent, teacher, and community partnerships Conflict resolution and peer mediation . . . as well as real-world advice on how to measure the success of prevention programs. This work of strategy and practical tactics is designed to counter behavioral problems before they get out of hand with practices that have been tested, adapted, and proven effective in urban, suburban, and rural classrooms in five states. Contributing authors are award-winning teachers, accomplished researchers, and nationally renowned professors of education and administration. Here is the fundamental book on prevention'not intervention'that can start working right now in your classroom, across your campus, and throughout your district.Kay, Pam is the author of 'Preventing Problem Behaviors A Handbook of Successful Prevention Strategies' with ISBN 9780761977759 and ISBN 0761977759.