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Implementing Positive Behavior Support Systems in Early Childhood and Elementary Settings

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:41:00 GMT

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Implementing Positive Behavior Support Systems in Early Childhood and Elementary Settings
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This easy-to-read resource presents the Positive Behavioral Support(PBS) system, a preventive, research-based approach that helpseducators teach classroom behavior skills the same way they teachacademic skills. The authors outline the PBS model, describe thecore practices, provide case examples to aid implementation, anddiscuss how curricula like the Second Step program helppromote positive behavior. Key features of this instruction-basedsystem include:

Differing levels of intervention to meet individual studentneeds
Clearly stated behavioral expectations
Consistent acknowledgment of students' mastery ofexpectations
Systematic use of consequences for problem behavior

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Challenging Behavior in Elementary and Middle School

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 10:41:00 GMT

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Challenging Behavior in Elementary and Middle School
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Challenging Behavior in Elementary and Middle School canhelp teachers understand, prevent, and address behavior problems.The evidence-based techniques work with the most difficultbehaviors, benefit every child, and can be used alone or together,creating tools for many different situations.

The book includes chapters on positive behavior support,functional assessment, and preventing challenging behavior, plusmaterial about bullying, partnering with families, the teenagebrain, risk factors for challenging behavior, and buildingstudents’ resilience. Chapters end with discussion questions, andmany feature short case scenarios with problems to solve.

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Safe and Healthy Schools

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:16:00 GMT

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Safe and Healthy Schools
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This book is a hands-on resource for educators that providesstep-by-step guidance for developing a comprehensive school-safetyplan. Moving from needs assessment to implementation andevaluation, chapters describe research-based strategies that arereadily applicable in K–12 settings. Special features includereproducible checklists and other planning tools. The book ispresented in a large-size format with a convenient lay-flat bindingand describes ways to:

Create a low-crime environment
Identify and support high-risk students
Reduce bullying and harassment
Improve the schoolwide disciplinary system
Draw on community resources for change

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Chill & Spill Educator’s Companion

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:03:00 GMT

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Chill & Spill Educator’s Companion
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The Chill & Spill Educator’s Companion guides teachersin using Chill & Spill successfully with students. Itprovides learning goals, discussion points, materials lists,creative techniques, ideas for individual or classroom use, andbackground information about the concepts behind the activities.The Educator’s Companion also covers coaching the creativeprocess, expanding activities to provide a richer experience, andtalking to students about their artwork.

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The Caring Teacher’s Guide to Discipline

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:12:00 GMT

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The Caring Teacher’s Guide to Discipline
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Effective discipline goes hand-in-hand with proficient teaching anda caring classroom community. The second edition of The CaringTeacher’s Guide to Discipline provides educators withstrategies to help students practice self-control, solve problems,use good judgment, and correct their own misbehavior in order tocreate better relationships and a more peaceful classroom.

Author Marilyn Gootman’s approach to discipline focuses onteaching students appropriate behavior skills and showing them howto avoid inappropriate behavior. The guide includes key pointsummaries, new research and recommended programs, guidelines forhandling bullying and cyber bullying, and an updated resourcelist.

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The Educator’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:07:00 GMT

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The Educator’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement
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This comprehensive guide to emotional intelligence (EI) is acollection of proven best practices from leaders in the field forbringing social and emotional learning into every classroom. Editedby Maurice Elias and Harriett Arnold, it provides theory andcontext for EI, suggestions for and examples of best practices, andan application/reflection guide for note-taking, follow-up, andrecording ideas for immediate implementation.

This guide is a practical, accessible resource for teachers,counselors, and school administrators to expand Second Steppractices and educate healthier, more responsible, and moresuccessful students.

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EQ + IQ = Best Leadership Practices for Caring and Successful Schools

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:01:00 GMT

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EQ + IQ = Best Leadership Practices for Caring and Successful Schools
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Combining emotional intelligence (EQ) with academic intelligence(IQ) is essential for knowledgeable, caring, healthy, andsuccessful students. Social and emotional skills are often thecrucial elements enabling students to succeed academically andcontribute to the establishment of a peaceful and productiveclassroom.

This book reinforces Second Step skills to help buildschool communities that are safe, smart, caring, successful, andemotionally intelligent.

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The Freedom Writers Diary

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:44:00 GMT

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The Freedom Writers Diary
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When English teacher Erin Gruwell discovered that her at-riskstudents had never heard of the Holocaust, she decided to teach acurriculum of acceptance using books such as Zlata's Diary: AChild's Life in Sarajevo. The students began to see theparallels between these books and their own lives and recordedtheir thoughts in journals. The Freedom Writers Diary is acollection of these journal entries.

This book can help reinforce Second Step topics, such asviolence prevention, and complements the academic extensionactivities in the Second Step middle school program.

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Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:24:00 GMT

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Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats
Buy Now: $39.00

Nancy Willard, a top expert in the field of cyber bullyingprevention, offers this valuable tool for school administrators,teachers, counselors, and other adults concerned about children’sonline safety. Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats outlineseffective ways schools can promote safe and responsible Internetuse and address other issues presented to children by anincreasingly technological world.

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Character Building Day by Day

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:15:00 GMT

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Character Building Day by Day
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These 180 short, read-aloud stories help start discussions betweenadults and children about important character-education subjects,such as forgiveness, problem solving, and respect. There are fivestories for each of 36 character traits, featuring “Talk About It”questions on every page. Teachers can read and discuss a differentstory every day of the school year, or tie the stories in with theSecond Step or Steps to Respect lesson of the week.

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