Supporting Behavior for School Success: A Step-by-Step Guide to Key Strategies - Softcover

"If you’re looking for a resource that can maximize your ability to manage challenging behavior in the classroom, then you should get this book. It presents strategies that are carefully selected, empirically supported, organized within a prevention-based systems approach, and presented in a user-friendly format. Supporting research for each strategy is presented and suggestions are provided for determining if the strategy is working, is being implemented with integrity, and could be modified to enhance effects. Lane et al. do a wonderful job of linking effective behavior management to improvements in school climate and the delivery of effective instruction."--George Sugai, PhD, Professor and Carole J. Neag Endowed Chair, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut

"Pardon me while I stand up and applaud! This book fills a void in the educational community by focusing on low-intensity, teacher-delivered supports, with a focus on Tier 1 primary prevention efforts. As a practitioner, I found the book practical, engaging, and easy to read. The examples and implementation checklists enhanced my understanding of the practices. This is an exceptional resource for classroom teachers, professional learning communities, and those providing mentoring or coaching to teachers. Lane and her colleagues consistently publish cutting-edge research-to-practice guides that practitioners highly value."--Lisa Powers, PhD, Coordinator in Planning and Development, Special School District of St. Louis County, Missouri

"Lane and her colleagues share seven useful and effective strategies for supporting student behavior in the classroom: opportunities to respond, behavior-specific praise, active supervision, instructional feedback, high-probability requests, precorrection, and instructional choice. For each strategy, the book highlights how to use it, summarizes key empirical studies, and shares practical tips for implementation. The strategies are grounded in the authors' comprehensive, integrated, three-tiered prevention model."--Brandi Simonsen, PhD, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut

"This book is a rich resource for teachers, administrators, and technical assistance providers who hope to create a nurturing, engaging culture of learning. The volume serves as a step-by-step implementation guide to evidence-based behavior management strategies that can be applied immediately in any educational setting. The content is easy to digest and offers detailed guidance for strategy execution, along with the tools needed to monitor and adjust the fidelity of implementation. This is a rare and impressive contribution to the field that is certain to shape teacher practice and promote positive student outcomes."--Amy Henry, MA, education consultant, Michigan Department of Education
 

Designed for busy teachers and other school-based professionals, this book presents step-by-step guidelines for implementing seven highly effective strategies to improve classroom management and instructional delivery. These key low-intensity strategies are grounded in the principles of positive behavior intervention and support (PBIS), and are easy to integrate into routine teaching practice. Chapters discuss exactly how to use each strategy to decrease disruptive behavior and enhance student engagement and achievement. Checklists for success are provided, together with concise reviews of the evidence base and ways to measure outcomes. Illustrative case examples span the full K-12 grade range. Reproducible intervention tools can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8½" x 11" size.

See also Managing Challenging Behaviors in Schools, by Kathleen Lynn Lane et al., which shows how these key strategies fit into a broader framework of prevention and intervention.