How the brain influences behavior : management strategies for every classroom / David A. Sousa ; cover designer, Tracy Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sousa, David A., author.

Contributor:

Miller, Tracy, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classroom management.

Problem children--Behavior modification.

Problem children.

Brain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Combining theory and practice, this user-friendly guide translates current brain research into practical, effective strategies for controlling or minimizing disruptive behaviors in K-12 classrooms.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""About the Author""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Are Behavior Problems on the Rise?""; ""Can Neuroscience Help?""; ""About this Book""; ""Questions this Book Will Answer""; ""Chapter Contents""; ""Other Helpful Tools""; ""Chapter 1 - Handling Social Misbehavior""; ""The Social and Emotional Brain""; ""Emotional Processing""; ""Pathways of Emotional Signals""; ""What Leads to Social Misbehavior?""; ""The Teacher is the Key""; ""Interventions for Handling Social Misbehavior""; ""Dealing with Social Anxieties""; ""Using Social Stories to Modify Behavior""

""A Case Study: Using a Social Story for a Verbally Aggressive Student""""A Social Story for Angry Students""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2 - Dealing with Impulsive Behavior""; ""What Leads to Impulsivity and Violent Behavior""; ""Genetic Variations""; ""Prenatal Exposure to Cocaine""; ""Cerebral Lesions""; ""An Important Word About Testosterone""; ""Ignorance of Rules of Behavior""; ""Some Strategies for Controlling Impulsive Behavior""; ""Cognitive and Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions""; ""Putting Impulsive Problem Behavior in a Social Context""

""Using Picture Books to Curb Impulsive Anger or Anxiety""""Other Suggested Strategies""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3 - Teaching Self-Control through Self-Verbalization""; ""Examining Self-Control""; ""What is Self-Control?""; ""Are Children Learning Self-Control?""; ""Brain Structures for Self-Control""; ""Do Mirror Neurons Play a Role in Self-Control?""; ""Losing Self-Control""; ""Helping Students Regain Self-Control""; ""Verbal Self-Control of Aggressive, Defiant, or other Behavior""; ""The Power of Self-Talk""; ""The ZIPPER Strategy""; ""“Say No and Walk Away� to Resist Peer Pressure""

""Self-Control through Self-Talk and Self-Monitoring""""The Nature of Attention""; ""Self-Monitoring for other Problem Behaviors""; ""Self-Control through Self-Rating of Emotional Intensity""; ""The Anger Thermometer""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4 - Managing the Behavior of Boys""; ""Why a Concern with Boys?""; ""Gender Differences in Behavior""; ""Genetic and Environmental Factors""; ""Impact of Biology""; ""Some Research Findings on Behavioral Differences""; ""Using Research-Based Strategies""; ""Movement-Based Instruction and Classroom Management""; ""Boy-Friendly Instruction and Discipline""

""The Responsibility Strategy""""And What about Girls?""; ""The Rise of Cyberbullying""; ""Bullying versus Cyberbullying""; ""Dealing with Cyberbullying""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 5 - Building Positive Relationships with Troubled Students""; ""Relationships and Research""; ""Insights from Neuroscience""; ""Some Research Findings""; ""Developing Teacher-Student Relationships""; ""The Importance of Positive Relationships with and for Students""; ""Reaching Unreachable Students with Dialogue Journals""; ""The Lunch Bunch: An Educator�s Idea""

""Managing Serious Behavior Problems through Adult Mentoring""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781452295091

1452295093

9781452298153

1452298157

OCLC:

922907818