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Table of Contents

Preface

Section I: Behavior and Instruction

  1. The Teacher Defined - What it means to be a teacher
  2. Effective Teachers Provide Effective Instruction - Teachers use effective practices
  3. Evidence, and Probability in Defining Effective Teaching Practice - Some things work better than other things
  4. Behavior - Communicating about what students do and don’t do
  5. Assessing Behavior - Knowing why behavior happens so we can identify what to teach

Section II: The Daily Grind

  1. Setting up a Classroom - Arranging environments to predict maximum success
  2. Planning Instruction I: The Learner - Planning for what to teach and gather materials
  3. Planning Instruction II: The Lesson - Planning and sequencing examples for instruction
  4. Presenting Instruction - Providing effective and engaging instruction
  5. Providing Consequences for Behavior - Feedback as an essential part of instruction

Section III: Individualized Strategies

  1. Measuring Behavior - Assessing the degree to which instruction has been effective
  2. Systems, Tricks, and Strategies in the Classroom
    • Ignoring Game
    • Group contingencies
    • Behavior Momentum
    • Choice
    • Differential Reinforcement for Inappropriate Behaviors
    • Differential Reinforcement for Extreme Behaviors
    • Differential Reinforcement for Too Frequent Behaviors
    • Good Behavior Game
    • Positive Peer Reporting
    • Self-Management
    • Token Economies
    • Phase Level Systems
  3. Responding to Escalations and Crises
    • Basic Considerations
    • Non-Compliant and Defiant Behaviors
    • Disrespectful Behavior
    • Disruption
    • Provocative Behavior
    • Fighting and Aggressive Behavior

Checklist for Effective Teaching

References

Index