Behavioral Management in the Public Schools: An Urban Approach

by Nancy Macciomei

Overview

Macciomei and Ruben provide the first compendium entirely devoted to the exigency and pathology of serious teen aggression, including homicidal and combative problems. It responds to the national wave of school shootings and teen crime dangerously threatening classrooms. Failures of traditional disciplinary practice cause perennial frustrations for principals, teachers, and school districts in general.

This professional guide steps up to the challenge of this chaos and provides empirically tested methods for classroom application including advancing steps to integrate school and community, alternative assessments, cultural diversity programming, and peer-mediation innovations. Easy-to-use methods based in research discussion prove that public school systems can win the war against urban oppression.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275963279
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/30/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

NANCY R. MACCIOMEI is an adjunct faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Assistant Principal and Consultant in the Charlotte, North Carolina Public School Systems. Her articles frequently appear in Teaching Exceptional Children and Jourbanal of Exceptional Children.

DOUGLAS H. RUBEN is a psychologist and national consultant on family therapy, addictions, and media psychology. Dr. Ruben is author or coauthor of more than 40 books and 100 professional articles, including 5 books published under the Greenwood imprint. He is on the editorial board of the The Forensic Examiner, and frequent reviewer for Jourbanal of Experimental and Behavior Therapy.

Table of Contents

Preface
Problems in Urban School Child Discipline
Behavior Problems in Urban School Children by Nancy R. Macciomei
Why Traditional Behavior Modification Fails with Urban Children by Douglas H. Ruben
Current Advances in Urban Behavioral Management
Alternative Systems for Assessment and Grading Students by Nancy R. Macciomei
Computer Technology for High-Risk Students by Nancy R. Macciomei and Gregg Byrum
Cultural Diversity in the Classroom by Nancy R. Macciomei
Effective Approaches for Schoolwide and Classroom Behavior Management by Nancy R. Macciomei
Peer Mediation and Positive Discipline with Hard-to-Reach Students by Jim Ciociola
Community-Based Instruction and Experiences in Building Self-Esteem by Suzanne S. Piazzola
Teaching Students with Serious Emotional and Behavioral Problems: A Teacher's Perspective by Barry G. Macciomei
References
Index
About the Editors and Contributers

Editorial Reviews

The Catch Em Being Good Program is one alternative to failed traditional behavioral modification with high-risk students offered by public school educators from the Carolinas and a psychologist. In nine essays targeting problems in urban schoolchild discipline (part I) and current advances in urban behavioral management (part II), other options discussed include: nontraditional systems for assessment/grading, effective use of computer technology, peer mediation and positive discipline, and community-based instruction. Honoring cultural diversity and building self-esteem in students with serious emotional and behavioral problems are emphasized. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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