Full Description
Classroom management is critical to successful teaching, but many K-12 teachers struggle with it. This indispensable guide distills the best classroom management science into easy-to-implement strategies teachers can use to promote a productive and safe learning environment. Chapters provide evidence-based guidelines for implementing classwide prevention strategies, token economies, group contingencies, and self-management interventions. Procedures for evaluating intervention effectiveness and individualizing interventions are described. Reproducible tools include 9 forms and 21 quick-reference "coach cards" that distill the key steps of each strategy. The large-size format facilitates photocopying; purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.
This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.
Contents
I. Overview and Foundations of Classroom Management
1. Why Classroom Management Matters
2. Understanding Behavioral Theories Relevant to Supporting a Well-Managed Classroom
II. Promotion and Prevention Strategies
3. Structuring the Classroom for Success: Preventing Problems before They Happen
4. Providing Students with Behavioral Feedback
III. Strategies for Addressing Classwide Behavioral Concerns
5. Implementing Token Economies
6. Group Contingencies
7. Self-Management
IV. Strategies for Enhancing Implementation and Effectiveness
8. Collecting Classwide Data
9. Assessing Intervention Integrity
10. Individualizing Intervention
References
Index
