Positive, Proactive, Prosocial Behavior Management

Understand student behavior and find effective prevention practices and interventions for problem behaviors.

Disruptive behaviors make it hard to teach, and even harder for students to learn. This book takes a positive approach to behavior management, focusing on how you can build students' prosocial skills and create relationships with them that support an effective learning environment. You'll also learn how to tell when considerations such as race, culture, and neurodiversity might be influencing your perception of behavior.

Positive, Proactive, Prosocial Behavior Management is a practical resource for K-5 teachers looking for strategies and classroom activities to reduce disruptive behaviors. In the first half of this book, you'll gain a research-based understanding of student behavior and the benefits of a prosocial approach to behavior management. The second half includes nine prevention practices and fifty practical interventions, including a matrix to help you identify which interventions may be most useful for specific situations. Reproducible student activity sheets make it easy to implement the interventions in your classroom.



Get practical tools for building relationships with students, managing behaviors, and helping students develop social-emotional skills
Reduce the time and attention you spend responding to disruptive behaviors so you can focus on teaching content effectively
Understand the factors influencing student behavior so you can manage behavior in a way that works for individual students

Written by educators for educators, Positive, Proactive, Prosocial Behavior Management is a hands-on guide that helps you manage your classroom and connect with your students so you can spend more time teaching.