Individual Positive Behavior Supports: A Standards-Based Guide to Practices in School and Community Settings

ISBN-13: 9781598572735 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 584 str.

Fredda Brown; Jacki Anderson; Randall L. De Pry

Opis

Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Support's Standards of Practice, this graduate-level text is an authoritative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and community-based settings. More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge professionals need to translate the principles and science of PBS into person-centered interventions that improve lives. Covering a broad range of ages, disabilities, and settings, this comprehensive textbook fully prepares professionals to support all people with challenging behavior, effectively and respectfully.
PREPARE PROFESSIONALS TO

• Use the foundations of PBS and applied behavior analysis (ABA) in everyday practice
• Conduct person-centered functional behavior assessments
• Select and design effective behavior interventions and curricular modifications
• Develop comprehensive, multielement PBS plans tailored to individual needs and goals
• Ensure fidelity of behavior-plan implementation
• Facilitate generalization and maintenance of behavior changes

PRACTICAL MATERIALS: Vignettes that illustrate effective approaches; online companion materials for instructors, including PowerPoints that enhance teaching and learning and study questions for discussion and reflection.
TOPICS COVERED:

• antecedent strategies
• consequence strategies
• functional behavior assessments
• person-centered planning teams
• data-based decision making
• single-subject research methodology
• systematic instruction
• self-determination
• quality of life
• visual supports
• partnering with families
• curricular modifications
• self-management strategies
• behavior assessment and data analysis
• systemic change
• culturally responsive PBS
• future directions for PBS
• and more