Complete Early Childhood Behavior Management Guide

This unique guide provides you with the insight and tools you need to obtain the best possible behavior from young children, as well as effective, child-tested strategies for resolving problem behaviors when they occur.
Here is a brief chapter-by-chapter overview of the useful techniques and materials you'll find in the Guide:
Chapter 1, Why Discipline Can Be So Challenging, discusses the many causes of discipline problems, common misconceptions about children's behaviors, the role of parental stress, teacher self-esteem and other factors, and why discipline is an absolute necessity.
Chapter 2, Development Influences on Early Childhood Behavior, offers a quick review of child development and its impact on the behavior of infants, toddlers, preschoolers and primary grade students, with real-life examples and practical suggestions for preventing or coping with normal episodes of difficult behavior.
Chapter 3, Classroom Management for Better Behavior, shows how teachers and parents can affect children's behavior, provides checklists for self-assessment, and provides activities and sample materials to help individual teachers and entire staffs develop consistent and effective discipline policies.
Chapter 4, Designing the Environment to Promote Good Behavior, provides checklists, worksheets and examples to help you design classroom and play areas and set classroom rules and routines that help children behave.
Chapter 5, Identifying Behavior Problems, suggests a variety of proven techniques and materials for getting to the root of any child's behavior problem, using any of a number of provided assessment forms and strategies.
Chapter 6, Behavior Modification Techniques, offers numerous examples and a wide variety of ways to use punishment, rewards and reinforcement, as well as alternative strategies and common mistakes to avoid.
Chapter 7, Referring Children for Special Services, helps you decide when referrals are necessary, discusses the laws concerning special education and abuse/neglect reporting, shows how to build an effective referral network, and suggests effective techniques for working with parents and outside agencies.
Finally, a handy appendix suggests a wide variety of resources on child behavior for both teachers and parents.