Family HOPE Parent Handbook: Positive Behavior Support for Families of Children with Challenging Behavior

Karolyn King-Peery/ Lynn K. Wilder

ISBN 10: 0878226508 / ISBN 13: 9780878226504

Published by Research Press, 2011

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60 pages. 11.00x8.30x0.30 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 0878226508

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Family HOPE Parent Handbook: Positive Behavior Support for Families of Children with Challenging Behavior
• Publisher: Research Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878226508
• ISBN 13: 9780878226504
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.14 kilograms

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Synopsis

Based on the principles of positive behavior support (PBS), the Family Hope program offers support and encouragement for families of children with challenging behavior. The principles outlined are universal and helpful in any family but are especially useful when a child's behavior is disability related. The ultimate program goal is reduced stress and an improved quality of life for the entire family. In easy-to-understand language, the Parent Handbook presents seven steps for changing child behavior based on PBS principles. These steps help families adjust to environmental variable, create a behavior intervention plan, and measure behavior to strengthen more positive, alternative behaviors. Grade level/age: Principles apply to all ages; however, content applies most directly to children through elementary grades and older children with cognitive disability.

About the Author

Karolyn King-Peery, M.A., began her career as a general education teacher 30 years ago. After the birth of her son with disabilities, she became a parent support coordinator for an early childhood organization and a Title I district area specialist, providing workshops for parents raising children with various disabilities. Karolyn completed her master's degree and began working with positive behavior support (PBS) at Brigham Young University more than nine years ago, with Dr. Wilder as mentor and thesis chair. Karolyn has taught special education in the classroom and worked as a part-time faculty member at BYU, teaching courses in PBS. She runs 10-week Family HOPE workshops for parents and graduate students with the support of Dr. Tina T. Dyches and Utah's Nebo School District. Karolyn has three sons, two grandchildren, and a supportive husband. Lynn K. Wilder, Ed.D., is an associate professor in the College of Education at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers. She has published more than 50 scholarly articles and books. Her area of research and expertise is the behavior of children and youth with emotional/behavioral disorders and the culturally laden behavior of minority students that is sometimes misunderstood as disability. She has taught special education students in the public schools and worked with school dropouts. Lynn supervises university students who work with parents of children with challenging behavior. Married 36 years, she has four adult children and six grandchildren.