Many authors recommend various praise to reprimand ratios for teachers to use to manage their classrooms (e.g., Flora, 2000; Nafpaktitis, Mayer, & Butterworth, 1985; Wheldall, 2005); however, these recommendations are based on correlational data or secondary findings from studies not directly manipulating the praise to reprimand ratio. The…

"Educator or Bully?" offers a comprehensive approach to classroom management for both novice and veteran teachers who are interested in examining their current classroom management performance, especially with respect to how it reflects the characteristics of the 21st century classroom. Practices presented are based on sound educational theory.…

Describes prescription behavioral intervention projects to help two American Indian female paraprofessional trainee dorm attendants at a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school modify behavior of six female secondary students experiencing trouble during non-school hours. Demonstrates that given proper support systems, effective behavioral…

A self-management training and reinforcement package was implemented with three seriously emotionally disturbed adolescents. After five weeks of training, all subjects demonstrated substantial improvements in classroom behavior when the teacher was out of the room, though explicit instruction was required for transfer of skills to walking between…

A training model for the use of rational behavior therapy (RBT) with emotionally disturbed adolescents in a school setting is presented, including a structured, didactic format consisting of five basic RBT training techniques. The training sessions, lasting 10 weeks each, are described. Also presented is the organization for the actual classroom…