Improving Student Behavior and Cultivating Meaningful Relationships: A Teacher’s Guide to Positive and Preventive Approaches in Inclusive Classrooms

This comprehensive guide offers simple and effective strategies for supporting and improving the classroom behavior of all your students, including those with intensive behavior support needs. Applicable across all K-12 contexts, with recommendations for whole classes as well as individual supports, each practical strategy builds on a foundation of research-supported behavioral approaches. The authors emphasize how each strategy can help build and maintain positive relationships between students and educators, which has been shown to be a key predictor of individual student success. With a myriad of helpful visuals, ready-to-use planning templates, and easy-to-try ideas, this book is key reading for all general or special education teachers, school support staff, and instructional coaches.

Lauren W. Collins, Ph.D., is an associate professor of special education at San Diego State University. Her work focuses on the dissemination of practical, evidence-based strategies for students with disabilities, with an emphasis on early literacy and behavioral interventions.

Timothy J. Landrum, Ph.D., is a professor of special education at the University of Louisville. He is a leading scholar in the field of emotional and behavioral disorders who specializes in the translation of research into practice.

Chris A. Sweigart, Ph.D., is a special education consultant in Kentucky and the creator of Limened, a website for teachers to support students with a variety of challenges.