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CONTENT:
This site was developed by Tom McIntyre, Ph.D., a former teacher of
students with behavior disorders and learning disabilities, who is
now a professor of special education at Hunter College of the City
University of New York. It is a great resource on behavior management,
written in an easy to read format, for teachers, counselors and parents
or anyone who works with children. |
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REVIEW:
Whether you are a special education teacher, regular classroom teacher,
counselor or a parent who is interested in changing children’s
behavior for the better, this site has a ton of information for
you. It contains thousands of tips and step-by-step directions for
implementing a great number of the standard interventions. Visitors
will want to start with the behavior management basics that includes
a primer, tips for new and struggling teachers and a checklist to
assess your own behavior management skills. Teachers and parents
will also find helpful information and strategies for dealing with
common behaviors and conditions such as ADHD, autism, bullying,
tattling, depression and motivation. Included is how-to information
on implementing assertive discipline, cooperative learning, and
inclusion as well as ways to assess and measure behavior. Entire
sections are devoted to such topics as how to use the interventions
of Applied Behavior Analysis, how to use psycho-educational interventions
such as classroom counseling and play therapy, how to implement
school wide practices and interesting and humorous readings plus
much, much more. Additionally, there is a bulletin board where teachers
can post their classroom management problems and get help from teachers
around the world. |
January
2005
