Behavior Psychology in the Schools

<p>Decrease destructive behaviors and improve students’social outlook and academic performance with the ideas you’ll find in this book!</p><p>Here is a state-of-the-art review of behavior psychology services in public schools! It will help you address issues of evaluation technical assistance consultation training student discipline academic remediation and health-facilitating intervention. Then it explores systems-wide applications that put this knowledge to work.</p><p>Authored by respected clinicians educators and researchers who blend their extensive practical knowledge with scientific findings to deliver sound practical advice <em>Behavior Psychology in the Schools: Innovations in Evaluation Support and Consultation</em>:</p><ul> <li>presents an overview of the focus scope and practice of behavioral consultation to public schools examining contemporary approaches such as positive behavior support functional behavioral assessment and efficacy evaluation </li> <li>shows why problem behavior in elementary and middle school students requires a preventive whole-school approach and describes steps to implement school-wide positive behavior support </li> <li>examines ways to enhance academic behavior decrease disruptive behaviors and improve academic performance </li> <li>looks at risk prevention programs designed to promote healthy behavior and prevent chronic health problems substance abuse high-risk sexual behaviors and physical/sexual abuse of children </li> <li>reviews constructive and preventive methods of reducing school violence and vandalism </li> <li>examines the laws and policies that support the use of school-wide discipline programs </li> <li>shows you how to use curriculum-based measurement to evaluate treatment efficacy </li> <li>describes consultation to a public school district in the form of a systems-wide evaluation of instructional and behavior support practices for developmentally disabled students </li> <li>teaches you to select effective interventions for responding to behavior problems </li> <li>shows you how to provide teachers with the resources and support needed to ensure successful plan intervention </li> <li>makes recommendations for improving outcomes in school-based consultation </li> </ul>