Bloomsbury Academic Behavior Management: Traditional and Expanded Approaches

Behavior Management: Traditional and Expanded Approaches serves as a reference guide on the implementation of basic and more advanced behavior management strategies. It covers the principles and application of basic learning theories as well as those that integrate cognitions and emotions in treatment frameworks. It takes the reader through the essential steps in developing behavior management plans, including conducting functional behavior analyses and curriculum-based assessments. The contributors describe and share examples of various behavioral intervention techniques that address behavioral challenges in a variety of settings. These methods include more traditional approaches, such as classical and instrumental learning strategies and cognitive behavior management techniques. They also discuss less traditional and alternative approaches, including social and emotional learning, character development, and yoga. The book is appropriate for professionals in various specialty areas, including classroom teachers, college professors, and undergraduate and graduate students majoring in general education, special education, school psychology, psychology, educational leadership, school counseling, and social work. It is also appropriate for professionals who work with children on the autism spectrum and for board certified behavioral analysts. Review Traditional approaches to behavior management have provided effective strategies for decades in helping school staff, parents, and others address challenging behaviors among children and youth. . . . Yet, insights from studies in such fields as child development, neuropsychology, cognitive science, cultural anthropology, and systemic school reform clearly support the case for expanded perspectives of behavior management. The expanded approaches discussed by Professor Haynes and [his] colleagues in this book recognize the importance of human development and social contexts in framing behavior management strategies. They validate the cognitive and emotional capacities of children and youth to monitor and regulate their own behaviors with guidance and support from adults. I highly recommend this book as required reading for those who teach or work with children in schools, teach behavior management in colleges and universities, and those who are engaged in behavioral interventions in any setting.--James P. Comer, MD, MPH, Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale University and founder, Yale Child Study Center School Development Program About the Author Norris M. Haynes, Ph.D., is a professor and director of the Center for Community and School Action Research at Southern Connecticut State University. He is also a clinical professor at the Yale University Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine. Haynes is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and holds diplomate status in the International Academy for Behavioral Medicine, Counseling and Psychotherapy.