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The School Context and Risk for Aggression: Implications for School-Based Prevention and Intervention Efforts.
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Van Acker, Richard; Talbott, Elizabeth – Preventing School Failure, 1999
This article discusses key aspects of school-based efforts to identify school context variables that can either ameliorate or exacerbate the risk for violence and aggression. A review of risk factors for aggression is followed by discussion of intervention in early childhood, intervention throughout middle childhood and adolescence, teaching…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, At Risk Persons, Behavior Disorders
Applying a Systems Approach to School-Wide Discipline in Secondary Schools: What We Are Learning and Need To Learn. CASE/CCBD Mini-Library Series on Safe, Drug-Free, and Effective Schools.
Lewis-Palmer, Teri; Flannery, Brigid; Sugai, George; Eber, Lucille – 2002
This monograph describes the unique features of secondary schools and the application of a systems approach to school discipline at the secondary level. The use of effective behavior support (EBS) designed to increase the capacity of schools to educate all students, especially students with behavioral challenges, is highlighted. Critical features…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Standards, Delinquency Prevention
Twelve Practical Strategies To Prevent Behavioral Escalation in Classroom Settings.
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Shukla-Mehta, Smita; Albin, Richard W. – Preventing School Failure, 2003
Twelve practical strategies that can be used by classroom teachers to prevent behavioral escalation are discussed, including reinforce calm, know the triggers, pay attention to anything unusual, do not escalate, intervene early, know the function of problem behavior, use extinction wisely, teach prosocial behavior, and teach academic survival…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
Skillstreaming the Elementary School Child: New Strategies and Perspectives for Teaching Prosocial Skills. Revised Edition [and] Skillstreaming the Elementary School Child: Student Manual [and] Program Forms [and] Skill Cards.
McGinnis, Ellen; Goldstein, Arnold P. – 1997
This set of materials for training elementary school children in social skills includes a book which explains the Skillstreaming program, a student manual, a collection of program forms, and a box of skill cards for use with students. After an introductory chapter, chapter 2 examines Skillstreaming's history and development. chapter 3 presents…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Education
Establishing and Monitoring a School and Classroom Climate That Promotes Desired Behavior and Academic Achievement. CASE/CCBD Mini-Library Series on Safe, Drug-Free, and Effective Schools.
Van Acker, Richard – 2002
This monograph explores the social context of the school and how this context influences, for better or worse, the academic and social behavior of students. It reviews how most student behavior serves a meaningful purpose for the student and how similar behaviors may serve distinctly different functions for various students. It also explores how…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Policies and Procedures To Develop Effective School-Wide Discipline Practices at the Elementary School Level. CASE/CCBD Mini-Library Series on Safe, Drug-Free, and Effective Schools.
Newcomer, Lori L.; Lewis, Timothy J.; Powers, Lisa J. – 2002
Elementary schools can play an important role in early identification of and intervention for children with problem behavior by creating the infrastructure to provide preventive, proactive supports for all students. This monograph provides an overview of key features of effective school-wide systems of positive behavior support (PBS) at the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification