How the Brain Influences Behavior : Management Strategies for Every Classroom.

How the Brain Influences Behavior : Management Strategies for Every Classroom.

"This is a timely topic with workable solutions that enables students to learn in today's classrooms. A must-read for educators working with diverse populations."

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sousa, David A. (Anthony)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2008.
Subjects:
Classroom management.
Classroom management
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Are Behavior Problems on the Rise?
  • Can Neuroscience Help?
  • About this Book
  • Questions this Book Will Answer
  • Chapter Contents
  • Other Helpful Tools
  • Chapter 1
  • Handling Social Misbehavior
  • The Social and Emotional Brain
  • Emotional Processing
  • Pathways of Emotional Signals
  • What Leads to Social Misbehavior?
  • The Teacher is the Key
  • Interventions for Handling Social Misbehavior
  • Dealing with Social Anxieties
  • Using Social Stories to Modify Behavior
  • A Case Study: Using a Social Story for a Verbally Aggressive Student
  • A Social Story for Angry Students
  • Summary
  • Chapter 2
  • Dealing with Impulsive Behavior
  • What Leads to Impulsivity and Violent Behavior
  • Genetic Variations
  • Prenatal Exposure to Cocaine
  • Cerebral Lesions
  • An Important Word About Testosterone
  • Ignorance of Rules of Behavior
  • Some Strategies for Controlling Impulsive Behavior
  • Cognitive and Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions
  • Putting Impulsive Problem Behavior in a Social Context
  • Using Picture Books to Curb Impulsive Anger or Anxiety
  • Other Suggested Strategies
  • Summary
  • Chapter 3
  • Teaching Self-Control through Self-Verbalization
  • Examining Self-Control
  • What is Self-Control?
  • Are Children Learning Self-Control?
  • Brain Structures for Self-Control
  • Do Mirror Neurons Play a Role in Self-Control?
  • Losing Self-Control
  • Helping Students Regain Self-Control
  • Verbal Self-Control of Aggressive, Defiant, or other Behavior
  • The Power of Self-Talk
  • The ZIPPER Strategy
  • "Say No and Walk Away" to Resist Peer Pressure
  • Self-Control through Self-Talk and Self-Monitoring
  • The Nature of Attention
  • Self-Monitoring for other Problem Behaviors
  • Self-Control through Self-Rating of Emotional Intensity
  • The Anger Thermometer
  • Summary.
  • Chapter 4
  • Managing the Behavior of Boys
  • Why a Concern with Boys?
  • Gender Differences in Behavior
  • Genetic and Environmental Factors
  • Impact of Biology
  • Some Research Findings on Behavioral Differences
  • Using Research-Based Strategies
  • Movement-Based Instruction and Classroom Management
  • Boy-Friendly Instruction and Discipline
  • The Responsibility Strategy
  • And What about Girls?
  • The Rise of Cyberbullying
  • Bullying versus Cyberbullying
  • Dealing with Cyberbullying
  • Summary
  • Chapter 5
  • Building Positive Relationships with Troubled Students
  • Relationships and Research
  • Insights from Neuroscience
  • Some Research Findings
  • Developing Teacher-Student Relationships
  • The Importance of Positive Relationships with and for Students
  • Reaching Unreachable Students with Dialogue Journals
  • The Lunch Bunch: An Educator's Idea
  • Managing Serious Behavior Problems through Adult Mentoring
  • Summary
  • Chapter 6
  • Using Peer Relationships to Modify Behavior
  • Examining Peer Relationships
  • Dealing with Peer Influence: A Two-Edged Sword
  • The Desire to be Liked
  • Peer-Mediated Behavior Management Strategies
  • Peer-Mediated Anger Management
  • Factors to Consider in Peer Mediation
  • Peer Confrontation to Curb Misbehavior
  • The Mystery Motivator/Mystery Character Intervention to Decrease Inappropriate Behavior
  • Group Contingency Interventions
  • Summary
  • Chapter 7
  • Managing Oppositional Behavior
  • What is Oppositional Behavior?
  • Causes of Oppositional Behavior
  • Students with Oppositional Behavior in the Classroom
  • Teacher Knowledge of Oppositional Behavior
  • Teacher Frustration and Countercontrol
  • Defiant Students: Explosions Waiting to Happen
  • Avoiding Triggers for Misbehavior in the Classroom
  • Teaching Students to Relax
  • Other Strategies
  • What about Oppositional Defiant Disorder? (ODD).
  • Development of ODD
  • Treatment of ODD
  • Summary
  • Chapter 8
  • Developing Positive Self-Esteem
  • The Nature of Self-Esteem
  • The Power of Self-Esteem
  • Research on Self-Esteem
  • Guidelines for Building Self-Esteem
  • Building a New Perspective on the Troubled Student: The Strength-Based Assessment
  • What is Strength-Based Assessment?
  • Motivation and Attribution Retraining
  • Motivation Research and Attribution Theory
  • The "Shine My Light" Strategy
  • Summary
  • Chapter 9
  • Putting it all Together
  • Educational Climate: Are We Happy Here?
  • What is Classroom Climate?
  • The Biology of Happiness
  • Successful Behavior Management in the Classroom
  • Assessing Classroom Climate
  • Classroom Management and Cultural Diversity
  • Guidelines for Managing Diverse Classes
  • Positive Behavioral Supports in the Classroom
  • What are Positive Behavioral Supports?
  • The Functional Assessment of Behavior
  • The Behavioral Improvement Plan
  • Multitiered Interventions and the Student Support Team
  • Summary
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Resources
  • Index.

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