Why Johnny Doesn't Behave: Twenty Tips and Measurable BIPs [Paperback]

Barbara Bateman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2003

Avoid behavior problems and write better behavior intervention plans (BIPs). Authors Drs. Barbara Bateman and Annemieke Golly focus on twenty concrete tips to help you avoid behavioral problems, including: Making clear classroom expectations; directly teaching expectations; minimizing attention for minor inappropriate behaviors; and paying attention to behavior you want to encourage. The second section is dedicated to Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) and Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs), beginning with an explanation of each and ending with sample FBAs and BIPs so you can learn how to write your own.

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About the Author

Barbara Bateman, Ph.D., J.D., began her special education career in the 1950s in public schools and institutions where she taught children with mental retardation, visual impairments, autism, speech and language disorders, dyslexia, and other disabilities. Presently, Dr. Bateman is a consultant in special education law. She consults with and provides training to parents, attorneys, school districts, and others involved in special education legal disputes. Her publications number over 100 and include Writing Measurable IEP Goals and Objectives, Why Johnny Doesn’t Behave: Twenty Tips for Measurable BIPS, and Better IEP Meetings, a companion volume to Better IEPs. Dr. Annemieke Golly is a certified special education teacher and has taught children with behavior and conduct disorders for the past eighteen years. Dr. Golly received her Ph.D., in Special Education at the University of Oregon. Her areas of expertise are preventive interventions, behavior management, and classroom and school-wide management. She is currently working at the Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior at the University of Oregon as a teacher trainer and program director.

Product Details

• Paperback: 122 pages
• Publisher: Attainment Co Inc (March 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578614902
• ISBN-13: 978-1578614905
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #691,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Valuable for those dealing with groups of children, June 14, 2003

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Harold McFarland (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Why Johnny Doesn't Behave: Twenty Tips and Measurable BIPs (Paperback)

If you are involved with children in the education system this book may be what you are looking for. The authors take the reader through creating a measurable Behavioral Intervention Plan (BIP). "Why Johnny Doesn't Behave" is not a detailed psychological text on dealing with problem children. It is a primer on dealing with the more common problems through an explanation of how to replace the negative behavior with positive behaviors. Perhaps the most valuable part of the book starts in the third section with detailed explanations of Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA) and Behavioral Intervention Plans. The information includes detailed flowchart analysis of behavior and how to integrate an intervention plan into the flowchart so that the results are clear and measurable. Sections three and four cover these in detail and are an excellent analysis of how to make an assessment and document both the assessment and the intervention plan. With the increasingly litigation against schools, knowing how to document the behavior and intervention that was taken becomes more and more important not only for the child but for the school and educator as well. It is a recommended read for anyone dealing with children in an educational environment.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A sound resource for teachers attempting to cope, June 12, 2003

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Why Johnny Doesn't Behave: Twenty Tips and Measurable BIPs (Paperback)

Barbara D. Bateman & Annemieke Golly, delve into their years of experience with behavioral intervention programs in Why Johnny Doesn't Behave: Twenty Tips And Measurable BIPs, a sound resource for teachers attempting to cope with irascible and worse student behavior. Extensive examples, instructional guidelines, flowcharts for determining the proper response to undesired behavior and more pack this highly recommended instructional. Also very highly recommended for classroom instructors is Barbara Bateman and Cynthia M. Herr's Writing Measurable IEP Goals And Objects (IP0021,...)

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Valuable Source!, June 11, 2003

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This review is from: Why Johnny Doesn't Behave: Twenty Tips and Measurable BIPs (Paperback)

With all the confusion and misinformation surrounding behavior
intervention plans, functional behavioral assessments, and positive behavior support, it is very valuable to have a source that provides clear and useful recommendations. Bateman and Golly, drawing on their extensive knowledge of the law about and the practice of education,have provided that source. For teachers who find themselves wondering how they can cope with one more required form when what they feel they need is commonsense ways to manage problem behavior, this is the book.