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ISSN 1089-5701
Volume 19, Number 1 Spring 2010
Positive Behavioral Strategies
TABLE OF CONTENTS with ABSTRACTS
Behavior Management and Behavioral Change:
How can we tell them apart?
Edna Olive
3
Understanding the differences between behavior management and behavior change helps adults identify the differences between the two and teaches them what they can do to be effective in the use of both. Positive Behavior Facilitation Tool #3 (Olive, 2007).
How to Fix an AZ-Burger
Jonathan J. Smith
7
I began this project on my 17th birthday as an article dedicated to helping
kids with
autism, and in a more specific category,Asperger’s Syndrome.
These are my thoughts
and insights on how I perceive the world around me.
I hope sharing my experiences
and perceptions may help teachers and other
specialists in their work with children
with Asperger’s Syndrome.
Peer Pressure and the Group Process:
Building cultures of concern
Thomas F.Tate and Randall L.Copas
12
Peer group treatment has been subject to two main lines of criticism. Some suggest any program which aggregates antisocial youth inevitably fosters negative peer influence. Others are concerned that certain peer programs are based on coercive peer confrontation. Positive Peer Culture [PPC] is an antidote to both of these varieties of toxic group cultures. The authors draw on group research, extensive clinical practice, and a strength-based value perspective to describe the specific process of developing positive group cultures.
The Behavior Intervention Support Team (BIST) Program
Walter T. Boulden
17
BIST is a proactive school-wide behavior management plan for all students, emphasizing schools partnering with students and parents through caring relationships and high expectations. The BIST program is well-grounded in behavioral theory and combines strength-based and resiliency principles within the context of the ecological, person-in-environment model.
Addressing the Challenge of Disnefranchisement of
Youth:
Poverty and Racism in the schools
Carolyn Hughes, Reginald
Newkirk and Pamela H. Stenhejm
22
Understanding the role that poverty and racism play in the educational and
socioeconomic barriers that confront racially and ethnically diverse youth
is critical to affecting positive change with youth. Teaching principles,
solutions, and basic concepts to make education a viable, life-giving
experience for young people of color are discussed.
What Tough Kids Need From Us
Allen Mendler and Brian Mendler
27
Discipline with dignity involves specific respectful strategies t0 connect with youth and to guide their behavior.
Flexible as a Dancer, More Resilient Because of It
Martin Mitchell and Dana Jacob
32
When asked once during an interview what her best quality is, Victoria Rowell simply responded with one word: Resilience.
Motivating Urban Youth
Richard L. Curwin
35
A roadmap for success with urban youth builds a sense of hope in both the adult and the young person.
Shifting Gears: From Coercion to Respect in
Residential Care
Leslie T. Dunn
40
A curriculum for building social, emotional,and moral competence transformed the staff and youth culture. Staff responded to the youth with respect and empathy and young people gained in responsibility and self-worth.
King of Cool
Mark Freado and Steve Van Bockern
45
Many teenagers get involved in criminal activity. This tendency is so pervasive that psychologist Terrie Moffitt, one of the world’s leading experts on the development of antisocial behavior, has described delinquent behavior as a normal part of teenager life (Scott & Steinberg, 2008). Adults, even those in the justice system, are often at a loss of what to do when these “tendencies" find their way into the justice system. Most do not like the idea of adult prison time for adolescents yet many are left wondering what to do when all other options fail.
Developing Emotional Literacy:
Transition planning for youth at risk
Leonard Fleischer
50
Traditional transition planning focuses on skills for independent living and self support. Research on social and emotional learning suggests the needs to build the capacity in youth for Belonging, Mastery, Independence, and Generosity.
Kids who Carry in Problems from Home
Ramsey Binnington and Mitchell Beck
54
Stressful events in the home or community often spill over into the school.
Teens Who Intimidate Adults:
Understanding Symptom Estrangement
Gerrit De Moor
58
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