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Classroom Management for Students with Emotional & Behavioral Disorders: A Step-by-Step Guide for Educators

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Roger Pierangelo, George A Giuliani

  • Classroom Management for Students with Emotional & Behavioral Disorders

152 pages
2008
ISBN: 9781412917872

Written by experts in the field of special education, this guide provides a clear and comprehensive overview of emotional and behavioural disorders (EBD), along with practical guidelines for working with students diagnosed with EBD.

These effective and culturally sensitive techniques help teachers understand and distinguish typical behaviour from the symptoms, problems, and characteristics of EBD, such as moodiness, argumentative behaviour, anger, difficulty interacting with peers, refusing to share, and inability or unwillingness to take responsibility. Ideal for general and special education teachers, this step-by-step resource includes references, a glossary, and information about: • Positive reinforcements and effective instructional interventions for the classroom • Ways to promote healthy social interactions • Classroom management strategies for specific disorders

Classroom Management for Students With Emotional and behavioural Disorders provides invaluable guidance for redirecting students toward more appropriate behaviours, building important social skills, and establishing a positive classroom climate for all learners.

Table of Contents

Dedications

About the Authors

Preface

  1. Review Your Knowledge on Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
  2. Definition of Emotional Disturbance
  3. Causes of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
  4. Prevalence of Emotional Disturbance
  5. Age of Onset of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
  6. Gender Features of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
  7. Cultural Features of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
  8. Eligibility Criteria for Emotional Disturbance Under IDEA
  9. Characteristics of Students With Emotional Disturbance
  10. Children With Emotional Disturbances and School-Related Concerns
  11. IDEA Exclusion of Students Who Are ?Socially Maladjusted?
    1. Understand the Behaviors of Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
    2. Understanding Challenging Behaviors
    3. Understand the Difference Between Symptoms and Problems
    4. Behaviors That May Be Indicative of More Serious Problems
    5. Symptomatic Behaviors Exhibited When a Child Has Low Levels of Tension
    6. Symptomatic Behaviors Exhibited When a Child Has High Levels of Tension
    7. Redirecting Students to More Appropriate Behaviors
    8. Ways to Maintain Positive Changes in Student Behavior
    9. Whole-Classroom Instructional Strategies
      1. Become Culturally Competent When Working With Students With Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders
      2. Understand and Apply Principles of Reinforcement When Working With Students With Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders
      3. Principles of Reinforcement
      4. What Is the Actual Reinforcer?
      5. Factors Affecting Reinforcer Effectiveness
      6. Checklist for Effective Reinforcement
      7. Possible Reinforcers
      8. Reinforcement of Appropriate Student Behavior
        1. Promote Positive Social Interactions Among Students With Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders
        2. Why Are Social Skills Important?
        3. Social-Cognitive Skill Development
        4. The Role of Social Skills at School
        5. Strategies to Foster a Sense of Belonging in the Classroom
        6. Creating a Positive Classroom Climate
        7. Teaching Social Skills Through Role Playing and Observation
        8. The Classroom Teacher's Power to Model Acceptance
        9. Promoting Positive Social Interactions Among Students With and Without Disabilities
          1. Apply Instructional Interventions for Specific Behaviors Exhibited in the Classroom by Students With Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders
          2. Instructional Interventions for Active Non-Compliance
          3. Instructional Interventions for Attendance Problems
          4. Instructional Interventions for Difficulty With Transitions
          5. Instructional Interventions for Disrespect to Teachers
          6. Instructional Interventions for Classroom Disruption
          7. Instructional Interventions for Failure to Accept Responsibility for Own Behavior and/or Consequences for Misbehavior
          8. Instructional Interventions for Interpersonal Relationships With Peers
          9. Instructional Interventions for Out-of-Control Behaviors
          10. Instructional Interventions for Passive Resistance
          11. Instructional Interventions for Not Respecting Property or Personal Space of Others
          12. Instructional Interventions for Verbal Aggression
          13. Instructional Interventions for Verbal Outbursts
            1. Understand and Implement Classroom Management Strategies for Students With Specific Psychological Disorders
            2. Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Schools
            3. Classroom Management for Students With Anxiety Disorders
            4. Classroom Management for Students With Bipolar Disorder
            5. Working With Students With Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in the Classroom
            6. Working With Students With Depression in the Classroom
            7. Working With Students With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in the Classroom
            8. Working With Students With Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) in the Classroom
            9. Working With Students With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the Classroom
            10. Working With Students With Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) in the Classroom
            11. Working With Students With Schizophrenia in the Classroom

              12. References

              Glossary

              Index


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