All Behavior Is Communication Revised Second Edition: How To Give Feedback, Criticism, And Corrections That Improve Behavior - Softcover

Reyes, Carmen Y.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1491235802 ISBN 13: 9781491235805

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

“All Behavior Is Communication: How To Give Feedback, Criticism, And Corrections That Improve Behavior” is an education and teaching book by Carmen Y. Reyes, The Psycho-Educational Teacher. The topic of this innovative guide is simple yet powerful: what teachers say to children (the words we use) influences the way students behave. Feedback and criticism that convey high and positive expectations influence positive performance, but feedback and criticism that are a constant reminder to children of inadequate performance and/or recurrent behavior problems reinforce the same low performance and behavior difficulties that we want to extinguish in the first place. Teachers can make a huge difference in the way students perform; that is how influential our words and messages to children are. Therefore, if we want to change children’s disruptive and/or apathetic classroom behavior, a good way to start would be to monitor, and if necessary change, the messages sent to them. “All Behavior Is Communication: How To Give Feedback, Criticism, And Corrections That Improve Behavior” explains these three speech acts in detail and presents ways in which teachers can use supportive and constructive language to inspire children to be the best they can be. Although intended for teachers and school personnel as primary audience, parents interested in using a language-based and interactional approach to discipline, popularly known as child guidance, will find plenty of insight and techniques here.

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About the Author

Carmen Y. Reyes, The Psycho-Educational Teacher, has 20+ years of experience as a self-contained special education teacher, resource room teacher, and educational diagnostician. In the classroom, Carmen has taught at all grade levels, from kindergarten to post-secondary. Carmen is an expert in the application of behavior management strategies and in teaching students with learning or behavior problems. Her classroom background, in New York City and in her native Puerto Rico, includes 10 years teaching students labeled as emotionally disturbed, and four years teaching children with a learning disability or low cognitive functioning. Carmen has a bachelor’s degree in psychology (University of Puerto Rico) and a master’s degree in special education with a specialization in emotional disorders (Long Island University, Brooklyn: NY). She also has extensive graduate training in psychology (30+ credits). Currently, Carmen is a full-time writer. She authors 70+ books and articles in child guidance and in alternative teaching techniques for students struggling academically. All her publications are available on her blog, The Psycho-Educational Teacher.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1491235802
• ISBN 13: 9781491235805
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 84