This manual helps school teams develop appropriate and effective individualized solutions for the relatively small number of students (generally about 3 to 5 percent of students in a school) with persistent behavior problems. It presents a systematic method called Positive Strategies, which centers on two major activities, conducting Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) and developing Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs). Positive Strategies is grounded in the literature on Positive Behavior Support (PBS), central to which is the notion than understanding the function of problem behavior (i.e. how it meets a child's needs in some way) is fundamental to successfully addressing it....

The most comprehensive anthology of feminist philosophy available, this first edition reader brings together over 55 of the most influential and time-tested works to have been published in the field of feminist philosophy. Featuring perspectives from across the philosophical spectrum, and from an array of different cultural vantage points, it displays the incredible range, diversity, and depth of feminist writing on fundamental issues, from the early second wave to the present....