In this investigation of children's unacceptable classroom behaviors and how teachers deal with them 114 female K-3 grade teachers with three or more years of classroom experience were asked: (1) to list and describe in descending order no more than three behaviors each perceived to be most unacceptable in the classroom (only those behaviors…

Failure to solve school discipline problems is attributed to four factors: school district priorities, unclear problem dimensions, inadequate teacher training, and flaws in teacher/ administrator applied psychology. Psychological approaches that provide systems to control student behavior are described, including biophysical, interactionist, and…

This practicum report describes outcomes of a 12-week program to reduce suspensions at an eastern central Florida high school. The program was implemented to reduce the number of suspensions among a target group of 12 10th-grade students. Specifically, the intervention sought to reduce both the misbehavior infractions and school suspensions by two…

Maintains that Adams and Fruge's book promotes thoughtful, planned discipline appropriate for children's developmental stages, from the perspective of Montessori parents. Notes that the work concisely discusses how behaviors are learned and offers advice on making changes. (KB)

Examines Scottish teachers' perceptions of indiscipline in 1990 and 1996. Survey results suggest that low-level misbehaviors remained the same but verbal abuse toward the teacher increased. Violence against teachers was rare. Findings are placed in the context of research on discipline, policy of social exclusion, and teacher reactions to…

School discipline is a growing concern in the United States. Educators frequently are faced with discipline problems ranging from infrequent but extreme problems (e.g., shootings) to less severe problems that occur at high frequency (e.g., bullying, insubordination, tardiness, and fighting). Unfortunately, teachers report feeling ill prepared to…

Fifth in the series of "Abstracts of Educational Research," this issue presents 15 abstracts grouped into two broad areas: those supporting experimentally that the teacher is a behavioral manager, and those demonstrating techniques which the teacher could use as behavioral manager. The first area contains three studies which conclude that the…

A two-step approach to establishing behavior control based on published research is presented. The first step describes systematic strategies for managing group behavior. The second step describes procedures for dealing with individual students whose inappropriate behavior has not changed through the group management plan. (Author/CL)

The author explored whether 3 workplace conditions were related to teacher mobility decisions. The modeling strategy incorporated a series of binomial and multinomial logistic models to estimate the effects of administrative support, classroom control, and behavioral climate on teachers' decisions to quit teaching or switch schools. The results…

Although functional behavioral assessments (FBAs) and behavior intervention plans (BIPs) have been utilized since the 1960s, their use has steadily increased since the passing of IDEA 1997 which mandated their use in specified circumstances. References to FBAs and BIPs in No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the 2004 re-authorization of IDEA, and in…

For nearly 5 years, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has been engaged in efforts to reduce the number of out-of-school suspensions for students with disabilities and their typical peers by applying the principles of positive behavioral support throughout its more than 700 K-12 schools. Initially, LAUSD focused solely on reducing the…

In a randomized controlled trial we tested the role of genetic differences in explaining variability in intervention effects on child externalizing behavior. One hundred fifty-seven families with 1- to 3-year-old children screened for their relatively high levels of externalizing behavior participated in a study implementing Video-feedback…

The complex mix of systematic and unsystematic discipline that characterizes most schools creates heightened potential for variation and violation in school and classroom behavior. The challenge of maintaining order intensifies with teachers' concerns about the growing inclusion of students with emotional and behavioral problems in general…

Close parent-child relationships begin with an early, effective approach to everyday discipline problems. This book focuses on children from infancy to age five and discusses practical ways to handle common discipline problems using an approach of identifying the problem and providing a goal behavior. Thirty eight chapters address the following…

This booklet looks at two models that apply to problem behavior of students. The medical model defines problems as being within the student, and assumes there is very little that teachers can do about the behavior of these students. An alternative model is often called the ecological or educational model. The educational model targets disturbing,…