Prevent-Teach-Reinforce: The School-Based Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support - Glen Dunlap

\n \n Solve serious behavior challenges in K-8 classrooms with the updated second edition of this bestselling book, your practical, user-friendly guide to the Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) model. Developed by highly respected experts on positive behavior support, this research-proven model gives your school team a step-by-step blueprint for reducing problems unresolved by typical behavior management strategies. You'll get explicit guidance and strategies for implementing all five steps of PTR: 1) teaming and goal-setting, 2) collecting data, 3) conducting a PTR Functional Behavioral Assessment, 4) developing a PTR behavior intervention plan, and 5) monitoring progress and making data-based decisions. Enhanced with new research on PTR and fresh content on timely topics like multi-tiered systems of support, this guidebook will help you resolve even the toughest behavior challenges--and improve social and academic outcomes for your whole class.\n \nBENEFITS OF PTR: \n- proven effective by research and field testing in real classrooms--PTR was shown to reduce behavior problems and increase evidence of social skills and academic engagement \n- structured and explicit, with five systematic steps that take you beyond tips and strategies \n- consistent with positive behavior support and derived from the principles of applied behavior analysis \n- easily adaptable to the needs and goals of each individual student \n- effective for both typically developing students and learners with disabilities and other challenges \nWHAT (TM)S NEW \n New and enhanced material on: \n\n \n- Using multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) \n- Implementing evidence-based classroom strategies \n- Becoming an effective team facilitator \n- Collaborating as a strong, cohesive team \n- Monitoring progress with the Individualized Behavior Rating Scale Tool \n- Developing successful behavior intervention plans \n- Creating useful task analyses \n- Making data-based decisions \nPlus: new case examples that illustrate components of PTR, two in-depth case studies, and new and revised forms (also available online for easy download)