Functional Assessment: Strategies to Prevent and Remediate Challenging Behavior in School Settings

by Lynette K. Chandler, Carol M. Dahlquist

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This comprehensive, practical book provides guidelines, strategies, and procedures for preventing and addressing challenging behavior in school settings. The authors take theoretical and often technical information and present it in an easily understood, applicable manner. The functional assessment and intervention model described in the book is a positive and proactive, team-based approach that has been used to prevent and remediate challenging behavior in school, community, and home settings. Readers learn how to conduct behavior assessment that helps them identify the variables that set the occasion for challenging behavior to occur, and that supports challenging behavior after it has occurred. Assessment information is then used to identify the function of challenging behavior and to develop positive interventions that address it,  and that teach and support appropriate behaviors to replace challenging behavior.

368 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 28, 2001

Reviews

[Etta G · Rating 5 out of 5]

I honestly think I read more of this textbook than I have for any of my other grad school books, even though I didn’t finish the last two chapters because it’s May and I work in an elementary school so who has time for reading

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is helpful in understanding challenging behaviors that students may exhibit in schools. Chandler & Dahlquist demonstrate that the function (or purpose) of the child's behavior is desirable to them, even if that means a trip to the principal's office or a time-out. Therefore, an analysis and examination of students' setting events, antecedents (triggers), and consequences helps teachers to prevent and remediate challenging behavior, and encourage appropriate behavior. I would recommend this text to anyone who needs a comprehensive view on classroom management and techniques to create a positive, engaging learning environment.