This course uses a custom Create-A-Book from McGraw-Hill publishing. It is only available in an ebook format.

In order to purchase and access the book, you will need to go to: https://create.mheducation.com/shop/

The website will open with a search window. Enter the ISBN number: 9781307042924

This should pull up the following book:

Classroom and Behavior Management

Make sure that you select this ISBN number.  You will be given directions on how to access the E-Book.

This course is designed to acquaint pre-service and in-service teachers with genuine issues of classroom and behavior management and organization.  Participants engage with information that will provide a clear view of the knowledge and skills to be internalized in order to maximize instructional opportunities and insure a successful professional career in education.

• This course will enrich the student’s knowledge and identification of models and theories of deviance and behavior problems, including theories of reinforcement and manifest determination in serving individuals with mild/moderate disabilities (MMD CAT2, GC1K2, GC1K9; 1.3)
• This course will incorporate strategies to teach individuals how to use self-assessment, problem solving, and other cognitive strategies to meet their needs (CC2, CC4S2).
• This course will help students to develop effective practices to integrate academic instruction, affective education, and behavior management for individual students and groups of students with mild/moderate disabilities.
• This course will help students develop knowledge of non-aversive techniques to control targeted behavior and maintain attention of individuals with mild/moderate disabilities (MMD CAT10, GC4S9).
• This class will help students develop effective classroom management theories, models and techniques for individuals with disabilities incorporating research-supported practices (MMD CC1, 5.1).
• This class will discuss teacher attitudes and behaviors that influence behavior of individuals with exceptional learning needs, including the establishment and maintenance of rapport with individuals with and without exceptional learning needs (CC2, CC5K4 & CC5S7).
• This course will explore strategies for crisis prevention/intervention (CC3, 6.3).
• This class will help students to identify realistic expectations for personal and social behavior in various settings (CC8, CC5S2).
• This class will helps students to modify learning environments to manage behaviors, including those that encourage active participation in individual and group activities, self-advocacy, and increased independence (CC9, CC5S4-5, 9).
• This class will help students discover strategies for managing time, schedules, and other associated variables for providing instruction (CC12, 5.5).
• This class will help students to analyze communicative intent of behavior (i.e., behaviors are messages) (CC15, 6.4).
• This course will teach methods for ensuring individual academic success in one-to-one, small-group and large-group settings (CAT1, GC5K3).
• This course will help students develop effective classroom management theories (including managing time, schedules, reinforcements, and other associated variables), models, and techniques for individuals with mild/moderate disabilities incorporating research-supported practices (CAT5, GC5S6, 5.1).
• This class will help students to integrate academic instruction with behavior management for individuals and groups with mild/moderate disabilities (CAT1, GC7K1).
• This class will help students plan and implement individualized reinforcement systems and environmental modifications at levels equal to the intensity of the behavior (MMD CAT3, GC7S1).
• This class will help students develop procedures for assessing and reporting both appropriate and problematic social behaviors of individuals with mild/moderate disabilities (CAT3, GC8S1, 6.2, 6.5).
• This class will help students to monitor behavior changes across subjects and activities (CAT5, GC8S5).
• This class will help students with strategies for developing effective behavioral support systems within and across school and community settings (CC8, 7.9).
• This class will develop family education programs and behavior management guides that address severe behavior problems and facilitate communication for individuals with mild/moderate disabilities (CAT1, GC10K1, GC10S3, 7.1, 7.3, 7.8)