Behavior Psychology in the Schools

Innovations in Evaluation, Support, and Consultation

James K Luiselli, Charles Diament

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781317714019
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Decrease destructive behaviors and improve students'social outlook and academic performance with the ideas you'll find in this book!

Here is a state-of-the-art review of behavior psychology services in public schools! It will help you address issues of evaluation, technical assistance consultation, training, student discipline, academic remediation, and health-facilitating intervention. Then it explores systems-wide applications that put this knowledge to work.

Authored by respected clinicians, educators, and researchers who blend their extensive practical knowledge with scientific findings to deliver sound, practical advice, Behavior Psychology in the Schools: Innovations in Evaluation, Support, and Consultation:

• presents an overview of the focus, scope, and practice of behavioral consultation to public schools, examining contemporary approaches such as positive behavior support, functional behavioral assessment, and efficacy evaluation
• shows why problem behavior in elementary and middle school students requires a preventive, whole-school approach and describes steps to implement school-wide positive behavior support
• examines ways to enhance academic behavior, decrease disruptive behaviors, and improve academic performance
• looks at risk prevention programs designed to promote healthy behavior and prevent chronic health problems, substance abuse, high-risk sexual behaviors, and physical/sexual abuse of children
• reviews constructive and preventive methods of reducing school violence and vandalism
• examines the laws and policies that support the use of school-wide discipline programs
• shows you how to use curriculum-based measurement to evaluate treatment efficacy
• describes consultation to a public school district in the form of a systems-wide evaluation of instructional and behavior support practices for developmentally disabled students
• teaches you to select effective interventions for responding to behavior problems
• shows you how to provide teachers with the resources and support needed to ensure successful plan intervention
• makes recommendations for improving outcomes in school-based consultation

Index

Abuse

physical, in children, prevention of, 75–76

sexual, in children, prevention of, 75–76

Academic assignments

altering of

adding and interspersing briefer problems in, 59–60

effort reduction in, 58–59

application of, 59

increasing response rates in, 59–60

interspersal procedure in, applications of, 60–61

preference and choice in, 58–61

choice of, provision of, 52–54

application of, 53–54

preference and choice in

educational applications of research on, 51–65

enhancing reinforcement in, applications of, 57–58

reinforcement procedures in, 55–57

variables influencing, 54–58

Academic remediation, 51–65

Aggleton, P., 74

Allison, R., 102

American Psychological Association (APA), 102

Anes, M., 72

APA. See American Psychological Association (APA)

Ardoin, S.P., 147

Ary, D.V., 73

Badger, G.J., 73

Baer, D.M., 24

Barnett, D.W., 159

Becker, W.C., 27

Behavior(s), sexual, high-risk, prevention of, 73–75

Behavior support

positive, school-wide, 23–50. See also School-wide positive behavior supports

school-wide, legal implications and requirements of, 129–145. See also School-wide behavior support, legal implications and requirements of

Behavior support consultation, training school psychologists in, 147–163

developing hypotheses in, 152–154, 152t

implementation protocols in, 159

modeling, coaching, and performance feedback in, 158–159

selecting appropriate intervention for problem in, 154–156, 155t

selection of conceptually relevant interventions in, 150–156, 152t

setting goals for teacher behavior in, 157–158

social influence strategies in, 157

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Focus, Scope, and Practice of Behavioral Consultation to Public Schools
• The Evolution of Discipline Practices: School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports
• Academic Remediation: Educational Applications of Research on Assignment Preference and Choice
• Health Promotion Interventions
• Behavioral Strategies to Reduce School Violence
• Using Curriculum-Based Measurement to Evaluate Intervention Efficacy
• Expanding Technical Assistance Consultation to Public Schools: District-Wide Evaluation of Instructional and Behavior Support Practices for Students with Developmental Disabilities
• School-Wide Behavior Support: Legal Implications and Requirements
• Training School Psychologists in Behavior Support Consultation
• Examining the Efficacy of School-Based Consultation: Recommendations for Improving Outcomes
• Index