Solutions to Critical Behavioral Issues in the Classroom

Hill M. Walker, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Special Education and Co-Director of the Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior at the University of Oregon. He is also Senior Research Scientist at the Oregon Research Institute. Dr. Walker has focused his career on conducting research to better understand, identify, and remediate the behavioral challenges experienced by at-risk students in grades K-12, with a specialization in preschoolers and elementary students. He has 235 publications, including 20 books, and is a recipient of the Kauffman-Hallahan-Pullen Distinguished Researcher Award from the Council for Exceptional Children and the Research Award from the National Center for School Mental Health, among other honors.

"A welcome addition to the literature on student behavior and instruction in school, from one of the most prolific scholars in education. Walker provides teachers with quick and effective instructional information to solve common student behavior problems. Principles and techniques of behavioral technology--specifically, methods for increasing appropriate and decreasing inappropriate student behavior--are highlighted in narrative that teachers at all levels will find accessible. This book is a must have for general and special educators and teachers in training who seek to become skilled behavior interventionists in the classroom."--Edward J. Sabornie, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Special Education, North Carolina State University "This multifunctional work is unique in both content and format--it provides an almost instant source of practical, evidence-based strategies for management and motivation of students with emotional or behavioral problems. This book will serve as a wonderful methods textbook for teacher preparation courses in general and special education, and as a critical resource for professionals in school counseling, educational administration, school psychology, and child psychiatry. The volume is thoroughly evidence based; it is built on the bedrock of comprehensive research reviews, many of these informed by Walkers own widely regarded career record of research and development."--Steven R. Forness, EdD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles