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Sutherland, Kevin S.; Denny, R. Kenton; Gunter, Philip L. – Preventing School Failure, 2005
A major provision of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Education Act of 2001 is the guarantee that all students in America's schools will be taught by teachers who are "highly qualified." At the same time, a large percentage of teachers of students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) are not fully licensed teachers, and this has…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Comparative Analysis, Teacher Certification
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Gunter, Philip L.; Reffel, Julia M.; Rice, Cheryl; Peterson, Stephanie; Venn, Martha L. – Preventing School Failure, 2005
Three National Board-Certified Teachers share modifications they used with preschool, elementary, and middle school students identified as difficult to teach. Each modification shared is presented in the reflective format required by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. The modifications and descriptions are discussed in terms…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, General Education, Teaching Methods, National Standards
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Gunter, Philip L.; And Others – Preventing School Failure, 1994
This article reviews research indicating that teachers' behavior is negatively affected by disruptive and aggressive responses of students with emotional/behavior disorders. It presents strategies to reduce classroom aversiveness, to reduce students' need to escape or avoid instruction through aggressive or disruptive responses, and thereby…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
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Gunter, Philip L.; Denny, R. Kenton; Venn, Martha L. – Preventing School Failure, 2000
This article reviews research supporting the impact of differentiated instruction on both the social and academic performance of students. It proposes that the school curriculum, the general curriculum, and the individualized curriculum constitute the most critical social context for the behavior of students with emotional and behavior disorders.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Curriculum Design
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Gunter, Philip L.; Reed, Thomas M. – Preventing School Failure, 1997
Discusses using scripted lessons to increase the academic information teachers give to students with emotional or behavior disorders before they ask the students to perform tasks that require the information. The results from a study that successfully used written scripts to decrease undesirable student behaviors are reviewed. (CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gunter, Philip L.; Coutinho, Martha J.; Cade, Tammy – Preventing School Failure, 2002
This article presents and discusses several factors with empirical verification that are associated with effective teaching and learning in classrooms for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). A description follows of how one teacher implements each of the recommended practices and the positive effects on two students with EBD.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Environment
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Gunter, Philip L.; Miller, Kerrie A.; Venn, Martha L. – Preventing School Failure, 2003
Effects of a student with severe emotional/behavioral disorders (SEBD) graphing her own performance data on rate of correct words read per minute were evaluated using a withdrawal of treatment case study design. The student recorded her daily performance using a desktop computer and standard spreadsheet software that automatically graphed each…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Spreadsheets, Behavior Disorders
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Gunter, Philip L.; Callicott, Kimberly; Denny, R. Kenton; Gerber, Brian L. – Preventing School Failure, 2003
The importance of using data collection and analysis procedures to monitor academic and social behavior progress of students with emotional and behavioral disorders is the focus of this article. After reviewing literature supporting the efficacy of data collection procedures used in classrooms for students with disabilities, issues regarding the…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Data Collection, Disabilities, Behavior Disorders