Managing Student Behavior : : How to Identify, Understand, and Defuse Challenging Classroom Situations.

• Author: Costello, Marsha.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : Pembroke Publishers, Limited,, 2022.; Ã2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (122 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - Understanding Behavior -- The Behavior Cycle -- Contributing Factors of Behavior -- Medical Difficulties/Diagnosis -- Academic Struggles -- Sensory Difficulties -- Home Stress -- School Stress -- Trauma -- Steps for Addressing Problem Behavior -- Chapter 2 - Creating a Plan to Address Behavior -- Investigating the Causes of Behavior -- The Function of Behavior -- Identifying the Function of Behavior -- Creating a Behavior Support Plan -- Designing Behavior Contracts -- Making the Function Functional -- Addressing the Functions of Behavior -- Escape -- Avoidance -- Attention -- Tangibles -- Sensory -- Targeting Behaviors -- Extinction Burst -- Triggers -- De-escalation -- Chapter 3 - Sensory Difficulties -- Over-stimulation -- Under-stimulation -- The Role of Occupational Therapists -- Strategies to Support Sensory Needs -- Sensory Rooms -- Time-out Rooms -- Alternate Time-out Strategies -- Strategies for Outdoor Time Outs -- Tactile Strategies -- Chapter 4 - The Role of Respect and Relationships -- Redefining Rude -- Clear and Explicit Communication -- Timing -- Rethinking the Meaning of Fairness -- Personalities and Rapport -- Reconsidering Respect -- Repairing Relationships -- Chapter 5 - Self-regulation and Co-regulation -- Developing Self-regulation Skills -- The Importance of Co-regulation -- Co-regulating with the Audience -- Maintaining Emotional Detachment -- Factors Associated with Co-regulation -- Chapter 6 - Reinforcement -- Choosing Reinforcers -- Starting a Reinforcement Program -- Immediate versus Delayed Reinforcement -- Token Systems of Reinforcement -- A Note of Caution about Token Systems -- Subject-specific Reinforcement -- The Important Features of Reinforcement -- Reinforcement versus Punishment -- Chapter 7 - Data Collection.

Guidelines for Data Collection -- Location -- Timing -- Accuracy -- Collecting Baseline Data -- Types of Data -- Collecting Frequency Data -- Charting Frequency Data -- Using the Data -- Student Data Collection -- Chapter 8 - Schedules, Routines, and Predictability -- Visual Schedules -- Whole Class Visual Schedules -- Individual Schedules -- Print -- Visuals -- Objects -- Progression for Schedules -- Creating Schedules -- Choosing Images and Text -- Chunking Schedules -- Choosing the Schedule Location -- Substitute Teachers and Support Staff -- Ensuring the Success of Visual Schedules -- Chapter 9 - Visual Supports -- Social Stories -- Creating a Social Story -- Introducing the Story -- Including Peers -- Sample Story -- Checklist for Creating an Effective Social Story -- Scripts -- Visual Routines for Specific Times of the Day -- Visual Routines for Play Time -- Visuals to Support Behavioral Expectations -- First/Then Boards -- Choice Boards -- Chapter 10 - Timers -- Types of Timers -- Individual Timers versus Whole Class Timers -- Using a Timer for Reinforcement -- A Set Amount of Time -- Self-Competition -- Other Ways to Use Timers -- Chapter 11 - Addressing Other Challenging Behavior -- Running -- Self-Injurious Behavior (SIB) -- Chapter 12 - Conclusion -- Recommended Resources -- Appendix -- Index.