Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter One: Creating a Positive Environment
• Classroom Environment
• Classroom Schedules
• Staff Roles and Responsibilities
• Case Studies
• Chapter Two: Designing and Implementing an Appropriate Curriculum
• Life Domains
• Curriculum Development
• Case Studies
• Station/Center Plan
• Chapter Three: Identifying & Implementing Instructional Strategies
• Instructional Strategies
• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Incidental Teaching
• Chapter Four: Developing Effective Behavior Programming
• Proactive Program
• Behavior Intervention Plan
• Proactive Plan
• Reactive Programming
• Chapter Five: Data Collection
• Daily Data Collection Form
• Estimated data Sheet
• Behavior Analysis Log
• Behavioral Data Collection Intensity
• Behavioral Data Collection Duration
• Behavioral Data Collection Frequency/Rate of Behavior
• Chapter Six: TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More
• School Administration
• Conclusion
• References
• Appendix A: Classroom Inventory Checklist
• Appendix B: DSM IV
• Appendix C: Life Domain Matrix
• Appendix D: Data Collection Forms

About the Author

Lori Ernsperger, PhD, has more than twenty years of experience working in the public schools as a teacher, administrator, and behavioral consultant. She has had extensive training working with students who have behavior disorders, particularly those on the autism spectrum. Having earned her PhD in Special Education from Indiana University, Dr. Ernsperger has put her research and behavioral expertise to work in a variety of teaching, therapy, and behavior consultant roles. She currently serves as a private autism and behavioral consultant, and lives with her husband Tom and two children, Jessica and Ben, in Henderson, Nevada. Tania Stegen-Hanson, OTR/L, has over ten years experience in therapy, consultation, and in-service training to school systems and private practice in South Africa and the USA. She is the owner of Achievement Therapy Center, a pediatric O.T. practice in Las Vegas, Nevada. She specializes in sensory integration therapy, oral-motor therapy, neuro-developmental therapy, and feeding disorders.