Book Review: 'Behavior Support'

Positive behavioral supports (PBS) aim to eliminate problem student behaviors and increase prosocial skills. In Behavior Support: Teachers’ Guides to Inclusive Practice, Linda M. Bambara, professor of special education at Lehigh, and co-authors Rachel Janney, consultant, and Martha E. Snell, professor emerita at University of Virginia, provide a research-based guide to implementing PBS in the classroom and schoolwide.

“A powerful read with helpful tools and student snapshots that lend insightful ideas to support effective practice.”
—Robin Drogan, assistant professor of Special Education, Bloomsburg University

The book also includes contributions from Lehigh special education doctoral student Raquel Burns and Dolly Singley ’15 Ph.D.

To keep the focus on learning in schools, the authors provide strategies to prevent bullying, to create safe school climates, and to provide individualized interventions for the most challenging students.

The book includes step-by-step instructions for implementing effective positive behavior support, tips and case examples.