“Each section provides extensive practical application information, ready-to-use tools, and additional research-based resources....The strength of this book is that the research is briefly described in each section and an extensive list of additional resources is provided. This enables the reader to understand the research basis of the practical tools without poring through endless theory and research studies....The authors also describe interventions based on the three-tiered response-to-intervention model....Social workers could utilize this book to provide guidance and training in setting up effective classrooms. The checklists and self-assessments can assist social workers in consulting with teachers regarding classroom management difficulties.”

—School Social Work Journal


“An in-depth and well structured guide to preventing and responding to problem behaviours in the classroom....The book layout is clear and easy to follow and each chapter provides a useful resources guide based on the prior content covered. Overall, this book would be especially helpful to people currently training to become teachers or other school based professionals.”

—www.youthinmind.info


“These authors not only know the research on behavior change, but they also know how to use the research to design appropriate, evidence-based programs that can be reasonably implemented in the classroom. They know how to present these programs so that teachers can see that implementation is a reasonable goal. In other words, this book has excellent face validity as a usable but scientifically sound guide to designing classrooms and classroom programs for managing challenging behavior....The authors practice what they preach. The organization of the book uses the principles generally thought to lead to maximum learning....This book would be an excellent ancillary text for any course in classroom management....It should be on the bookshelf of every teacher looking for creative but proven approaches to classroom problems. Psychologists who consult with parents and teachers will also find it invaluable. Having mastered the behavior change research as well as the art of writing in an engaging and clear manner, the authors have provided us with a clear bridge between research and practice. I'll have this book with me the next time I meet with my colleague in the Education Department.”

—PsycCRITIQUES


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