Reducing Behavior Problems
Explore resources designed to help K-5 educators learn how many typical behavior problems can be prevented through classroom management, engaging instruction, and positive student-teacher relationships. 
- View a visual diagram of all five practices
- Watch a topic overview and download planning templates
- Listen to an expert
Explore the subtopics below to learn more about the recommended practices:
To learn more about the research underlying these practices, view the IES Practice Guide, Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom.
Raising Healthy Children: Coach's Checklist
Reducing Behavior Problems > Modify Environment > See How It Works
Coaches at Everett Area Elementary School use this document to measure teachers' progress in implementing the key components of its schoolwide approach to reducing behavior problems. The school's...
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Daily Behavior Reports
Reducing Behavior Problems > Teach Skills > See How It Works
The Daily Behavior Reports comprise three separate forms for tracking student behavior, which teachers can use to support students in the development of appropriate classroom behaviors. The first...
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Tattletale Lesson Plan
Reducing Behavior Problems > Teach Skills > See How It Works
This document is a typical second-grade lesson plan for a social-emotional skills lesson at Everett Area Elementary. The goal of this lesson is to help children recognize the difference between a...
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Peace Helper Training Sheet
Reducing Behavior Problems > Teach Skills > See How It Works
This handout is used as a training sheet to coach Peace Helpers at P.S. 24 in Brooklyn, NY. The training sheet describes and explains what a Peace Helper is and gives simple steps for the Peace...
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Principal Self-Reflection: Schoolwide Approaches to Reducing Behavior Problems
Reducing Behavior Problems > Schoolwide Approach > Overview & Tools
Use this self-reflection tool to focus on your school's current schoolwide approach to behavior problems. Four key actions are considered: School Improvement Team Considerations, Hot Spot Data...
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Learning Together About Schoolwide Approaches to Reducing Behavior Problems
Reducing Behavior Problems > Schoolwide Approach > Overview & Tools
Use this tool to plan a workshop about schoolwide approaches to reducing behavior problems. Teachers will deepen their understanding of strategies used to reduce behavior problems in the...
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Principal Self-Reflection: Collaborating With Experts
Reducing Behavior Problems > Collaborative Relationships > Overview & Tools
This tool provides a checklist for principals to reflect on current practice and to identify improvement actions in order to effectively build on collaboration with behavior experts.
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Planning for Collaboration With Parents
Reducing Behavior Problems > Collaborative Relationships > Overview & Tools
Teachers can use this planner to strategize effective ways to establish collaborative relationships with parents. Related Media and Files: Everyone Becomes Involved (Video) It Takes a Village...
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Learning Together: Formats for Teacher Collaboration
Reducing Behavior Problems > Collaborative Relationships > Overview & Tools
Use these activities to provide a workshop to help teachers consider formats for peer collaboration. Related Media and Files: The Importance of Teachers, Specialists, and Parents Working...
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Integrating Social Skills Instruction Into the Curriculum
Reducing Behavior Problems > Teach Skills > Overview & Tools
This self-reflection tool aims to facilitate the identification of instructional and organizational strategies for the integration of social and behavioral skills training into the...
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Planning Together: Aligning Classroom Rules With Positive Behavior Skills
Reducing Behavior Problems > Teach Skills > Overview & Tools
Teachers may use this planning tool to create five succinct classroom rules that are based upon the principles of positive reinforcement.
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Self-Reflection: Providing Positive Reinforcement for Inappropriate Behaviors
Reducing Behavior Problems > Teach Skills > Overview & Tools
Teachers may use this self-assessment tool to consider whether or not their current behavior management strategies are based on the idea of positive reinforcement.
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