Note: inclusion of books or web sites on this page does not mean that we agree with all of the content or suggestions you will find in these resources.
Some Websites:
- 10 Tips to Maintain Positive Student Behavior
- PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center
- Peer Advocacy Program to Reduce Bullying (free guide to download)
- Anti-Bullying Alliance (UK)
- Association for Positive Behavior Supports
- Bullying.org
- Child Mind Institute has sections and materials on behavior problems in school and why they are often misunderstood or misdiagnoses.
- InterventionCentral.org has some fabulous forms for free download and use, including a wonderful tool to help school personnel generate a reward menu for a specific student as part of a behavior intervention plan.
- Multimodal Functional Behavioral Assessment
- OSEP National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
- Preventing Classroom Bullying: What Teachers Can Do
- TeacherVision
- Think: Kids
Books for Educators and Other Professionals:
- Brukner L: The Kids’ Guide to Staying Awesome and In Control: Simple Stuff to Help Children Regulate their Emotions and Senses. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2014.
- Delahooke M: Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children’s Behavioral Challenges. PESI, 2019.
- Dornbush MP, Pruitt SK: Tigers, Too: Executive Functions/Speed of Processing/Memory. Parkaire Press, 2009. Section on bullying.
- Greene RW: Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them. Scribner, 2009.
- Greene RW: The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children (third edition). Harper, 2005.
- Greene RW, Ablon JS: Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach. Guilford Press, 2005.
- Harvey P, Penzo J: Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Help Your Child Regulate Emotional Outbursts and Aggressive Behaviors. New Harbinger, 2009.
- Little SG, Akin-Little A: Behavioral Interventions in Schools: Evidence-Based Positive Strategies, 2nd Edition (Division 16: Applying Psychology in the Schools). American Psychological Association, 2019.
- Myles BS, Southwick J: Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments: Practical Solutions for Tantrums, Rage, and Meltdowns. Autism Asperger Pub. Co, 1999.
- Packer LE, Pruitt SK: Challenging Kids, Challenged Teachers: Teaching Students with Tourette’s, Bipolar Disorder, Executive Dysfunction, OCD, ADHD, and More, Woodbine House, 2010.
- Riley DA: What Your Explosive Child Is Trying to Tell You: Discovering the Pathway from Symptoms to Solutions. Mariner Books, 2008.
Other Books on Behavior Issues:
- LeCroy CW: Handbook of Evidence-Based Treatment Manuals for Children and Adolescents. Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Mayer MJ, Van Acker R, et al. (eds.), Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: School-Based Practice. Guilford Press, 2008.
- Pierangelo R, Giuliani GA: Classroom Management for Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: A Step-by-Step Guide for Educators. Corwin Press, 2008.
- Raines JC: Evidence Based Practice in School Mental Health. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Some Free Handouts and Tools to Grab and Go*:
- “Rage Attacks, Meltdowns, and Storms” (Packer and Pruitt)
- Pitfalls in Behavior Modification (by Leslie E. Packer, PhD)
- ABC Recording Form for Observations (from Packer and Pruitt, Challenging Kids, Challenged Teachers, 2010)
- Functional Behavioral Assessment Checklist (from Packer and Pruitt, Challenging Kids, Challenged Teachers, 2010)
- Interview Form for Interviewing School Personnel as Part of FBA (from Packer and Pruitt, Challenging Kids, Challenged Teachers, 2010)
- Time-Out Planning Form (from Packer and Pruitt, Challenging Kids, Challenged Teachers, 2010)
- Time-Out Record (from Packer and Pruitt, Challenging Kids, Challenged Teachers, 2010)
*Thanks to Woodbine House for giving us the digital rights to Challenging Kids, Challenged Teacher handouts.