Effective Behavior Support: A Systems Approach to Proactive Schoolwide Management

Abstract

Being an educator in today's American schools demands more than teaching reading, math, science, arts, and other academic content. Today's educator must be able to accommodate students with significant learning and behavioral problems, teach in communities that are unable to support the school, and to work under conditions that are often counterproductive to teaching and learning. The impact of these conditions is felt in schools, neighborhoods, and families in a variety of ways.