15 Positive Behavior Strategies to Increase Academic Success

Behavioural problems can disrupt learning for the whole classroom if not managed properly, which is often a matter of frustrating trial and error. Just in time, this must-have guide brings you essential strategies to improve student learning by supporting good behaviour rather than punishing bad behaviour.

In Fifteen Positive Behavior Strategies to Increase Academic Success, Beverley Johns draws on forty years of experience working with the most challenging students to deliver a set of fifteen practical intervention techniques that can be applied to virtually any situation in both pull-out and inclusive classrooms.

Backed by research and case studies, each chapter is brief and to-the-point with a focus on one specific behavioural intervention technique. Insights include:

• Incorporating student interests in classroom activities
• Understanding why the student is misbehaving to plan an appropriate intervention
• Understanding how stimulation impacts performance

With these proven tactics, you’ll be able to act quickly, equitably, and effectively to ensure your classroom isn’t held back by problem behaviour.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

1. Attributions
2. Behavior Momentum
3. Behavior Interspersal
4. Behavior-Specific Praise
5. Supportive Proximity Control
6. Interest-Based Interventions
7. Premack Principle
8. Choices
9. Response Cards
10. Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior
11. Fading
12. Function-Based Strategies
13. Strength-Based Strategies
14. Sensory-Based Strategies
15. Student Self-Monitoring

Conclusion

References

Index