The listed books and web sites are exceptional resources for behavior management and appropriate interventions for any type of behavior imaginable. These resources are user friendly and school appropriate. Check them out when you are looking for help.
Resources Include:
"The Teacher's Guide to Behavioral Interventions: Intervention Strategies for Behavior Problems in the Educational Environment" (book)
"CHAMPs" (book)
National Crime Prevention Council (website)
Behavior Management Advice Site (website)
Resource Books:
"The Teacher's Guide to Behavioral Interventions: Intervention Strategies for Behavior Problems in the Educational Environment" Kathy Cummins Wunderlich, M.ED., Hawthorne Educational Services, Inc.
This book is a wonderful reference for multiple behavior problems. It is divided into 2 sections, Goals and Objectives, and Interventions. One hundred and ten behaviors are described by a goal statement and up to 15 stated objectives. The interventions coincide with the goals and objectives by number. The behaviors described include learning problems, social skill issues, physical symptoms, and inappropriate behavior or feelings under normal circumstances. Each behavior is followed by 10 to 55 possible intervention strategies appropriate for use in schools.
"CHAMPs" Randall Sprick, Sopris West Publishing
This resource book provides the tools needed to set up an effective classroom management plan. The program is based on the belief that if the teacher informs the students of class expectations and routines, the students will meet those expectations. It also addresses the need for class motivation and celebrations and offers suggestions based on level of structure and age of students. Identifying types of problem behavior and possible ways of changing inappropriate behavior is also addressed. Many teacher friendly forms are already included to help with the implementation of this system.
Web Pages:
National Crime Prevention Council (address below)
This site is based on the NCCP and McGruff, the Crime Dog. It has many strategies for stopping violence and crime in schools, the community, with youth, and offers programs to teach violence prevention. The "School Safety Resources" offers 12 things that parents, teachers, students, law enforcement personnel, and principals can do to help promote school safety. Also, many resources are available, including "Making Peace: Tips on Managing Conflict". Included at this site is a shopping area that offers products and materials supporting crime prevention, such as t-shirts, caps, backpacks, sing-along cassette tapes, books, and calendars.
Behavior Management Advice Site (address below)
Here is the "Behavior Advisor" web site with thousands of tips for managing student behavior and directions for implementing standard interventions (and he has a sense of humor, too!) This site is loaded with information on basic behavior management skills, including time out, overcorrection, differential reinforcement, and dealing with bullies. He has "how to" pages for assertive discipline, behavioral recording, functional behavioral assessments, and cooperative learning, among others. Also, specific strategies for working with students such as ADD, ADHD, unmotivated, and oppositional defiant are accessible from this site. And, to relieve some of the stress in dealing with behaviorally challenged students, he offers lots of humorous stories and anecdotes. Plus, you can post on the bulletin board and read other teacher's behavior challenges.
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