This latest revised edition enhances the most popular book in the Teachers' Guides to Inclusive Practices series with new and expanded information on an issue every teacher wants to know more about: effective behavioral support. Updated throughout, this easy-to-read guidebook gives educators a new plan for implementing positive behavior support, both in the classroom and across an entire school.
Teachers, administrators, school staff, and parents will use the 3 tiers of the proven PBS process to conduct universal interventions with the whole school, selected interventions with students exhibiting risk behaviors, and specialized interventions with students who need intensive, individualized help. They'll also get research-based and evidence-based strategies they'll use to help their students
- improve communication, social, and self-control skills
- form positive relationships with classmates, teachers, and other community members
- take a more active part in their school, classroom, and community
With the ready-to-use strategies in this concise guide and the many helpful worksheets, educators will help all of their students make positive changes to their behavior—changes that will lead to smoother classroom functioning and higher academic achievement.
Rachel Janney, Ph.D., is an independent scholar and consultant who has worked with and on behalf of children and adults with disabilities in a number of capacities, including special education teacher, educational and behavioral consultant, technical assistance provider, teacher educator, researcher, and author. For a number of years, she was a professor in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership at Radford University in Virginia, where she taught courses and supervised student teachers in the special education program, specializing in the inclusion of students with extensive learning and behavior support needs. Dr. Janney received her master's degree from Syracuse University and her doctorate from the University of Nebraska—Lincoln.
Martha E. Snell, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Special Education, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, 405 Emmet Street, Charlottesville Virginia 22904
Dr. Martha Snell is a Professor Emeritus of Special Education at the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia where she directed the teacher preparation program in severe disabilities for 30 years. With others, she has authored a number of books on teaching methods and the definition of intellectual disability and has been an active member of TASH and the American Association for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. She directed both federal and state grants directed toward the preparation of teachers and research with individuals having intellectual disability and autism and their teachers; more recently her research has concerned Head Start classrooms and young children at risk. Her research topics have encompassed the inclusion of students with disabilities in general education classrooms, effective teaching strategies, communication intervention, and positive behavior support for problem behavior.
