Handbook of Behavioral Interventions in Schools: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support

Tasked chiefly with providing effective instruction, classroom teachers must also manage student behavior. Prevalence of student problem behavior is a strong indicator of failing schools, and has been linked to reduced academic achievement, truancy, bullying, and loss of teacher time. As such demand is on the rise for intervention programs that may effectively reduce levels of problem behavior in schools.

Handbook of Behavioral Interventions in Schools is a comprehensive collection of evidence-based strategies for addressing student behavior in the classroom and other school settings. Experts in the fields of special education and school psychology provide practical guidance on over twenty behavior interventions that can be used to promote appropriate student behavior. Framed within a multi-tiered system of support, a framework representing one of the predominant service delivery models in schools, interventions are categorized as Tier I, Tier II, or Tier III, and chapters provide insight into how students might be placed in and moved through respective levels of service intensity. Each chapter details a specific intervention strategy, and includes reproducible materials to facilitate use of the intervention, case studies, and further reading for school-based practitioners. Introductory chapters on behavior analysis, multi-tiered systems of support, and law and ethics place the practical guides in a context that is relevant for school-based practice. Walking readers through the entire process of assessment of problem behaviors to intervention and progress monitoring, Handbook of Behavioral Interventions in Schools is an invaluable resource for special education teachers, school psychologists, and trainees in these fields.

Keith C. Radley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi. He completed his doctoral training in educational psychology in 2011 at the University of Utah. Dr. Radley is a licensed psychologist, nationally board-certified behavior analyst, nationally certified school psychologist. His research interests include interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorder, classroom management strategies, and data collection and graph assembly for single case design.

Evan H. Dart is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi. He completed his doctoral training in school psychology in 2013 at Louisiana State University with an emphasis in applied behavior analysis. Dr. Dart is a licensed psychologist and nationally board-certified behavior analyst. His research interests include peer management, linear graph assembly and visual analysis, and factors impacting treatment fidelity.