The Behavior Code Companion

Building on the success of The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students, Jessica Minahan provides this essential guide for educators seeking additional help in supporting students with mental health disorders. The Behavior Code Companion leads readers step-by-step through the creation of successful intervention plans, and includes strategies and tools that can be customized for their students. Packed with planning exercises, case studies, and recommended resources, this practical guide will help educators create an optimal classroom environment for all students. "The Behavior Code Companion is an invaluable resource for parents, teachers, administrators, and related service providers, filled with tools that allow for effective and positive modification of challenging and interfering behaviors while preserving the child's dignity." -- Alexandre Cron, special education teacher, New York City "Jessica Minahan translates complex knowledge about challenging behavior so that teachers and administrators have tools and strategies they can immediately implement. The Behavior Code Companion is a game changer that will help all schools that think they have run out of ideas." -- Michael Cordell, chief academic officer, KIPP DC "Minahan provides so many creative and reasonable ways to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles that she makes me want to go back to public school teaching! What a much better place schools would be if all school personnel and mental health professionals used this book!" -- Jeannie Golden, psychologist, behavior analyst, and associate professor, East Carolina University "The Behavior Code Companion offers brilliant insight into mental health issues in the form of practical, research-based interventions teachers can actually implement." -- Vaughn C. Kauffman, former director of special education, Helena, Montana Jessica Minahan is a board-certified behavior analyst and special educator who serves as the director of behavioral services at the Neuropsychology & Education Services for Children & Adolescents group practice in Newton, Massachusetts, and as a consultant to clients nationwide. She is coauthor of The Behavior Code.