Activities for Behavior Modification

Behavior Problems in Preschool Children  BOOK
Now in a revised and updated second edition, this essential volume provides a comprehensive clinical–developmental framework for understanding and treating behavior problems in early childhood. Examining the developmental tasks and transitions that young children face in cognitive, social, and family contexts, the book helps readers distinguish between typical, age-appropriate behaviors and those that may signify a more persistent problem. Epidemiological and diagnostic information is presented; risk and protective factors discussed; and intervention approaches reviewed. Including a wealth of case examples, many chapters in the second edition have been entirely rewritten and all have been substantially updated to reflect new directions in the burgeoning field of developmental psychopathology. Incorporated are important new findings on family and peer influences on development; data from longitudinal outcome studies, prevention trials, and treatment studies; and recommendations for improving the quality and availability of child care and early intervention programs.

Helping Adolescents at Risk - Prevention of Multiple Problem Behaviors  BOOK
This comprehensive volume reviews current knowledge about multiple problem behaviors in adolescence, focusing on "what works" in prevention and treatment. Cutting-edge research is presented on the epidemiology, development, and social costs of four youth problems that frequently co-occur: serious antisocial behavior, drug and alcohol misuse, tobacco smoking, and risky sexual behavior. A framework for reducing these behaviors is outlined, drawing on both clinical and public health perspectives, and empirically supported prevention and treatment programs are identified. Also addressed are ways to promote the development, dissemination, and effective implementation of research-based intervention practices. Authored by an interdisciplinary panel of experts, this is a state-of-the-science sourcebook and text for anyone working with or studying adolescents at risk.

 Intervening in Adolescent Problem Behavior - A Family-Centered Approach  BOOK
This book presents a multilevel intervention and prevention program for at-risk adolescents and their families. Grounded in over 15 years of important clinical and developmental research, the Adolescent Transitions Program (ATP) has been nationally recognized as a best practice for strengthening families and reducing adolescent substance use and antisocial behavior. The major focus is to support parents' skills and motivation to reduce adolescent problem behavior and promote success. Spelling out the why, what, and how of this proactive, culturally informed intervention, the volume provides all of the materials needed to implement the program in school or community settings, including reproducible handouts and forms.

Responding to Misbehavior VIDEO
This program examines various classroom disruptions and analyzes some techniques that enable the teacher to deal with misbehaving students without interrupting the class. (26 minutes, color)

Bullying Behavior : Current Issues, Research, and Interventions   BOOK
Bullying Behavior: Current Issues, Research, and Interventions provides the most up-to-date reports on the dynamics of bullying, including who bullies and why, who the victims are, and how depression and anxiety are correlated with bullying. It also presents detailed case studies of successful anti-bullying strategies for both local schools and national campaigns.

 Bully Breath… How to Tame a Troublemaker  VIDEO
Real life situations are dramatized and then discussed, leading viewers to understand the reasons behind a bully's behavior as well as specific steps to neutralize his/her power

Coping with Disruptive Behavior in Group Care     BOOK
Group care facilities are increasingly receiving behaviorally disturbed, aggressive, or even violent children who are unable to live in family settings.

Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders    BOOK
Counseling Criminal Justice Offenders, Second Edition takes a practical view of offenders, their problems, and the difficulties counselors face working with them in criminal justice settings

Nexus: A Book About Youth Work BOOK
This book demonstrates the techniques for forming relationships and empowering at-risk youths to grow. Its unique case-study/story format showcases the elements that form empowering communications and demonstrates how behavior management, social learning, daily living, and recreation techniques and practices are effectively implemented in transitions, activities, and crises.

Peace in the Streets: Breaking the Cycle of Gang Violence    BOOK
Peace in the Streets is a compelling true-life story of gang life transformed in South Central Los Angeles as well as a practical guide for parents, teachers, and communities. Over the course of one year in the early 1980’s, Arturo Hernandez, an inexperienced yet committed teacher, irrevocably changed the lives of 30 South Central gang members, aged 12-20

Profiling Violent Crimes: An Investigative Tool    BOOK
The Third Edition of this bestseller is a thorough revision, which is a very important feature in this fast-moving field. New chapters cover criminal behavior theories and psychological profiling; autoerotic deaths, and occult crimes, plus two new chapters detailing infamous unsolved crimes/criminals

Re-engaging Into Society: Accessing the American System  with Delbert Boone- VIDEO
It’s time to be released from prison and go home. What’s the plan? Delbert Boone details a plan for successfully re-engaging back into society. He talks about people, places and things, and the importance of having a strong support group, learning to follow directions, and the incredible power of 12-Step programs. He explains the importance of being a productive member of society. He discusses anti-social behavior, ex-inmates share stories of success in recovery, and where their lives are today.

Violent Offenders Appraising and Managing the Risk     BOOK
The authors believe that the results of this program of research present a unique opportunity to draw some conclusions about the prediction of violent behavior and the management of violent offenders that apply in a wide variety of contexts.The primary focus of the book is on criminal violence of both mentally disordered and criminal inmates, whose histories of criminal violence raise serious societal concerns about the commission of future acts of violence. It is difficult for legal experts, psychologists, and policy makers to make decisions between an offender civil liberties and community safety

Toddler Trouble! VIDEO
Show frustrated moms and dads how to handle adventurous toddlers during this roller coaster stage of childhood. This video follows three families who seek top experts for guidance on the all-too-familiar clashes: how to stop little Pierce from demanding Mommy's time when she's trying to make dinner; how to gradually move Kaitlyn off the pacifier without her throwing a tantrum; and how to help Julia conquer her fear of the crib so Mom and Dad can sleep in peace! In the world of the toddler—where motion is the name and everything's a game—parents need to learn how to hang on! Footage of births and a C-section is included.
One 45-minute video. © 2004.

The Baffled Parents Guide to Stopping Bad Behavior  BOOK
The Baffled Parents Guide to Stopping Bad Behavior shows parents how to keep bad behavior to a minimum. Written by a mother of three, this concise guide addresses specific normal behavior issues of children from toddler hood through early school years--including tantrums, talking back, and aggressiveness, as well as coping with bedtime and getting ready in the morning--and includes fourteen simple practices for inspiring good behavior in young children.

Go to Your Room!:Consequences That Teach   BOOK
And the list goes on and on. Children’s everyday misbehavior presents a steady supply of challenges for parents. How do you make your discipline effective? How can you select guidance techniques that will actually change your child’s behavior?

Effective Skills for Child Care Workers: A Training Manual     BOOK
This manual describes a rigorous preservice training program for child-care workers, one that entrusts considerable authority, autonomy, and accountability in them. Topics include professionalism issues, principles of behavior, tolerance levels, Preventive, Corrective, and Intensive Teaching techniques, relationship development, social skills, problem-solving, and youth rights.

Redirecting Children’s Behavior   BOOK
Improve communication,h elp kids get along, turn conflict into cooperation, use natural consequences, increase parent understanding of children’s perspectives.
Kvols shows parents how to encourage responsibility in children and build self-confident, cooperative individuals.

Catch 'Em Being Good!    VIDEO
Shows you how to give praise in a way that will make your child feel good and increase the chances that the positive behavior will be repeated.

Teaching Responsible Behavior   VIDEO
This video shows parents how to get their children to behave responsibly in areas such as homework, household chores, goal-setting, and more

Coping with Disruptive Behavior in Group Care      BOOK
Group care facilities are increasingly receiving behaviorally disturbed, aggressive, or even violent children who are unable to live in family settings. Based on a study of 144 highly rated group care centers, the authors' work examines the characteristics of the facilities and the nature of the population in group care settings, as well as the often-overlooked importance of the attitudes, skills, and relationships of the staff members.

Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment : Strategies for Self-Improvement and Change—   BOOK 
Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment presents effective cognitive-behavioral treatment approaches for changing the behaviors of individuals who have both problems of substance abuse and criminal behavior.

Turning Negatives Into Positives VIDEO 
In front of a group of inmates at Riverview Correctional Facility in New York, Bradford discusses the negative impact of addiction and the consequences of criminal behavior. Interviews and testimonials from inmates, ex-inmates and addicts reveal their stories of how they have transformed a negative consequence of incarceration into a positive result. 

To Have and To Hold       VIDEO
To Have and To Hold is the first documentary to examine the problem of wife abuse through the man’s experience of it. Composed primarily of interviews with men who assaulted their wives and lovers, this film explores the personal and societal attitudes which lead men to do violence to those nearest them. It also examines changes in attitudes that are essential for men to stop their violent behavior

Negative Behavior, Positive Discipline VIDEO
Parents often discipline their children the only way they know how—the way they were raised. Although many of the methods result in positive behavior, others produce less desirable outcomes. This program shows parents and educators how to positively discipline children in a manner that makes the child more self-confident instead of less self-reliant—it puts the responsibility of positive behavior on the child as well as the parent. Interviews with child psychologists, parents, teachers, and children are interspersed with short vignettes that show how to implement the various steps and principles covered in the video. Specific topics include: What is positive discipline?; Positive discipline vs. the way our parents did it; Behavior goals; Natural and logical sequences; Encouragement vs. overindulgent praise; Birth order and discipline. This program helps parents create a structured and consistent behavioral environment that children will accept and appreciate. A Cambridge Educational Production.
One 25-minute video.

Forms for Behavior Analysis with Children   BOOK
A unique collection of 42 reproducible assessment forms designed to aid counselors and therapists in making proper diagnoses and in developing treatment plans for children and adolescents.

Process of Recovery VIDEO
Michael Johnson takes the viewer through the process of self-discovery as they enter into and continue a life of recovery. He leads the viewer through the process of reflecting on their life, and the consequences of their behavior. He discusses how alcohol, drugs and criminal behavior can lead them to jail, death, or insanity. Johnson explains why "recovery and abstinence from alcohol, drugs, and criminal activity must be a permanent commitment." He discusses some of the changes that take place during the process of recovery and addresses getting back time, lack of determination, feeling bored, lost and abandoned. Family issues are also addressed, as well as how many addicts new in recovery use recovery as a bargaining chip with family members to make deals and promises.

Assessment, Treatment,  Prevention of Suicidal Behavior  BOOK
Current and comprehensive information concerning the assessment and treatment of suicidal persons and the prevention of suicidal behavior the eighth leading cause of death in the United States and the second leading cause among U.S. teens, suicide is unique in being self-inflicted and is, as such, often preventable.  

Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder VIDEO
Found in both children and adults, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is looked upon by some as having a physiological cause while others see it as a psychological disorder. This program offers diverse and candid opinions from both sides of the debate. Is medication the best treatment, or is behavior modification combined with increased structure and discipline the preferable course? A classroom teacher, a social worker, a behavior specialist, a pediatrician, and a parent with twins who have ADHD offer their insights. A Meridian Production. (20 minutes, color)