Behavior Management: Positive Applications for Teachers, 7th edition

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• See how students understand and relate to important content. Embedded video links in most chapters expand upon and support student learning of chapter content. (See page 4, 130, and 253 for examples.)

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Additional text features include:

• The concepts come alive and have real meaning for students through Classroom Connections in each chapter, which relate the material to real-life situations teachers face everyday.
• NEW! Expanded use of Classroom Connections, especially concerning classroom technology, Chapter 5, further expands the book’s day-to-day usefulness.
• Students have opportunities to reflect on, master, and take the content of each chapter further through:
• Discussion questions.
• Outcomes lists at the start of each Chapter and Summaries at the end.
• NEW! Learning Outcomes and Chapter Summaries are now included for each chapter.
• Tables and figures outlining important facts and information.
• Choosing the correct strategy for each situation is made easier. The book divides the strategies among several chapters by setting, addressing general strategies, classroom strategies, and school-wide strategies. (Chapters 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14)
• Readers are made aware of critical legal issues, especially those important to running behavior plans within classroom settings. (Chapter 2)
• Practical help for dealing effectively with two different student populations–young children and adolescents–is covered in two separate chapters, which focus on the unique and special challenges of each group. (Chapters 4 and 5)
• NEW! Teachers get additional help with formal assessment. New instruments are introduced and reviewed (Ch. 8).
• NEW! How to integrate behavior management strategies beyond the classroom environment is emphasized through new, specific strategies for schools to help develop positive behavioral supports for all students.

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eTextThe Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• See how students understand and relate to important content. Embedded video links in most chapters expand upon and support student learning of chapter content.  (See page 4, 130, and 253 for examples.)

Students can experience the advantages of the Enhanced Pearson eText along with all the benefits of print for 40% to 50% less than a print bound book! Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks. Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks to register for your digital examination copy.

Key content changes include:

• Students get new, up-to-date, and expanded information on areas of critical importance to creating classrooms and schools where effective behavior management is the norm, including:
• NEW coverage on working with children with autism (Ch. 1) and ADD/ADHD (Ch. 12) helps teachers work more effectively with these growing populations of students in today’s schools (Ch. 1).
• Updated requirements of federal laws regarding school and classroom discipline keep teachers informed on this critical topic (Ch. 2).
• Hundreds of new references throughout the text provide new resources.
• Updated information of family issues helps teachers better understand children who come from homes with working mothers, single parents, and other growing social family and community issues (Ch. 4).
• Expanded information covers single-subject designs (Ch. 7).
• A new section on Universal Design for Learning helps schools meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities (Ch.9).
• Expanded use of Classroom Connections, especially concerning classroom technology, Chapter 5, further expands the book’s day-to-day usefulness.
• NEW! Teachers get additional help with formal assessment. New instruments are introduced and reviewed (Ch. 8).
• NEW! How to integrate behavior management strategies beyond the classroom environment is emphasized through new, specific strategies for schools to help develop positive behavioral supports for all students.