You lucky dog!

You've tracked down"www.BehaviorAdvisor.com"
(To the vast majority of the English speaking world: My apologies for misspelling "Behaviour")
 

This site offers THOUSANDS of tips on managing student behavior,
and provides step-by-step directions for implementing a great number of
standard interventions.  It also contains a bulletin board on which you can post
your disciplinary concerns and receive suggestions from teachers around the world.
 Keep scrolling down the long home page to see what we have to offer you.
 
 

Dr. Mac's
(McIntyre's)

Behavior Management
Advice Site
(Roaming the cyber-hallways with a forged pass)

 

(We've been waiting for you.)

We've been visited by teachers  from 121 countries/territories on six continents:
Abu Dhabi, American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Egypt, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Federation of St. Kitts and Kevis, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malawi, Maldives, Malta, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Montserrat, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Norway, (the Sultanate of) Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Phillipines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri lanka, St. Vincent, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emerates, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, (the)Virgin Islands,Wales, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
     If you're visiting from somewhere else, please tell Dr. Mac Thomas.McIntyre@Hunter.CUNY.edu 
  
 

Recipient of the Golden Web Award for creativity, integrity, and excellence on the web.
 
 

Recipient of the "Top 10 Website" award from The Guidance Channel e-magazine
 
 

Recipient of the www.EducationWorld.com  A+  rating.
 
 

The United Federation of Teachers says of www.BehaviorAdvisor.com: "A wild, witty and highly practical site for educators challenged by student (mis)behavior. A definite mental health destination for teachers at their wits end in managing challenging behavior. Also provides online opportunities for teachers to help other teachers with student behavior issues!"
 

The Basics of Behavior Management

• Discipline 101:  A PRIMER on behavior management
• A page for NEW, NOVICE, & STRUGGLING TEACHERS
• Managing behavior via CLASSROOM DESIGN
• The importance of implementing standardized PROCEDURES (coming soon)
• A CHECKLIST(to assess your behavior management skills)

Tips for Becoming an Effective and Well-liked Behavior Manager

• NICE Interventions that build SELF DISCIPLINE in kids (and us)
• Getting RESPECT by giving it away
• Different ways to "CATCH 'EM BEING GOOD" (your most effective strategy) 
• PROBLEMS with "Catching 'Em Being Good"  (AND  how to do it right)
• Managing behavior with your INSTRUCTIONAL STYLE
• Managing the behavior of GROUPS
• Promoting POSITIVE PEER PRESSURE in your classroom  (Motivate your students to help manage the behavior of their classmates)
• Remembering to FOCUS ON YOUR INITIAL GOAL (when kids get you flustered)
• SCENARIOS for thought and discussion

Strategies for Addressing Common Behaviors & Conditions

• ADD and ADHD  (Attention Deficit [Hyperactivity] Disorder)
• Aggression & Violence (Preventing & defusing rage)
• Aspergers Syndrome
• Autism
• "Backsliding"/Regression to former behaviors  (after having made progress on behavior)
• Biting (soon)
• Bullying
• Cursing, Cussing, Swearing, & Foul Language 
• Defiant, oppositional, resistant, and/or uncooperative behavior
• Depression in Children
• Lying (soon)
• Not Motivated and/or  Doesn't Care about schooling
• Sensory Integration Disorder (Might misbehavior be due to the brain having problems making sense of incoming sensory information?)
• Tattling
• Testing The Limits  (after the beginning-of-the-year "honeymoon" period)

Step-by-Step "How To Do It" Pages For:

• Assertive Discipline
• Cooperative Learning  (Allowing students to learn in structured teams)
• Creating your own classroom Behavior Management System
• Using Good-Natured Humor  (Using wit to manage behavior)
• Inclusion/Mainstreaming (of students with behavior disorders)
• The IRS Plan   (A home/school cooperative behavior management plan)
• The 10 Step Approach  (A sequentially implemented approach)
• The 10-R Plan   (A 10 step plan for dealing with non-compliant or violent behavior)
• WEANING kids from rewards and developing internal motivation

How to Assess  and Measure Behavior

• Figuring out Why Kids Misbehave  (and what to do about it)
• Behavioral Recording  (Ways to accurately measure behaviors)
• Sociograms  (A way to assess student interaction patterns)
• Functional Behavior Assessment  (as per IDEA...Figuring out the reason for the behavior)
• Manifestation Determination  (as per IDEA...Was that action related to the disability?)

The Applied Behavior Analysis Model and Its Interventions 

• How behavior develops and how to change it for the better
• Contracts
• Differential Reinforcement Procedures  (Reducing misbehavior in positive ways)
• Overcorrection  (Using repetition to deter future misbehavior)
• Response Cost  (Implementing penalties for misbehavior)
• Schedules of Reinforcement (Deciding how often to give rewards)
• Self monitoring  (Students keep track of their own behavior, thus building self-control)
• Shaping (Building a desired behavior that the student doesn't show at present)
• Task Analysis  (Breaking a task into the steps to be followed for its completion)
• Time Out   (Removing a student from a setting that is promoting the misbehavior)
• Token Economies and Point Systems

• How behavior develops and how to change it for the better
•  Understanding conflict between teachers and students
•  The "Circle of Courage" model for working with troubled students
• Bibliotherapy(The therapeutic use of reading with troubled kids)
• Classroom Counseling
• Classroom Meetings
• "I  Messages" (A non-confrontational way to address misbehavior)
• LSI & LSCI(Life Space Interview & the more recent Life Space Crisis Intervention counseling techniques for teachers)
• Non-directive Counseling Techniques
• Play Therapy   (The therapuetic use of play with emotionally troubled children)
• Problem Solving (for kids who get into arguments, act impulsively, or make poor choices about their behavior)
• Social Skills Training  (for kids who don't interact well with others)

How to Implement Schoolwide Practices

• "Bullet-proofing" your school  (from students with guns)
• Peer Mediation  (Kids helping to solve the disputes of others)
• School-wide behavior management systems (Getting everyone on the same page)
• Helping kids cope with catastrophes  (Terrorist attacks, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.)
• An overview of IDEA (The "special ed" law in the United States) 

Interesting and/or Humorous Readings

• "Murphy's Law" as it applies to behavior management (Anything that can go wrong, will.)

• Need a chuckle?   (A humorous article about the use of technology to manage behavior)
• HA!   (Cartoons about behavior management)
• Random thoughts & FUNNY STORIES
• Rantings and Ravings
• -How to respond to public criticism about teachers and education
• -Don't be a mean teacher
• Culture, Language, Gender, and Sexual Orientation (Their impact on behavior)

• Good Books   (regarding behavior management...There's a good one described below!)
• Super Software   (CDs for training you or your staff in positive behavior management)
  Other Web Sites  (related to behavior management)
   

  

  Dr. Mac's book is written FOR kids who need to learn to make better behavior choices.
  (It's for kids, but teachers, counselors and parents can read it with them too.)
  
  The  ONLY  book  written  FOR  kids  with  behavior  problems.

  Click here for information about the book
  Click here for reviews by teachers of students with behavior disorders
  Click here for reviews by experts in the field of behavior disorders
  Click here for reviews by professional organizations and on-line book sellers
  Click here for reviews by kids
  Click here for reviews by parents
   

Dr. Mac's book can be purchased at any on-line book seller (Barnes & Nobel, FreeSpirit.com, etc.), but by purchasing it through the link below, you help to support the www.BehaviorAdvisor.com web site (A small percentage of the purchase price goes to this site).

Pages For Our Colleagues
 

 
 

? Did you learn anything while you were here ? If so, why not "pay it forward" (no need to pay me back...instead, help out someone else) by offering a suggestion to a teacher who posted a concern on our bulletin board? (Your support would really be appreciated by fellow professionals in need.  You don't have to be an expert...just someone with an interesting idea.)