Supporting Behavior for School Success: A Step-by-Step Guide to Key Strategies

About Holly Mariah MenziesKathleen Lynne LaneRobin Parks EnnisWendy Peia Oakes

Kathleen Lynne Lane PhD BCBA-D is Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas. Dr. Lanes research interests focus on school-based interventions (academic behavioral and social) with students at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders with an emphasis on systematic screenings to detect students with behavioral challenges at the earliest possible juncture. She has designed implemented and evaluated comprehensive integrated three-tiered (CI3T) models of prevention in elementary middle and high school settings. Dr. Lane is coeditor of the journals Remedial and Special Education and Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions. She also serves as an associate editor of Behavioral Disorders and as a member of several editorial boards. Dr. Lane is the coauthor of books including Managing Challenging Behaviors in Schools (with Holly Mariah Menzies Allison L. Bruhn and Mary Crnobori) Developing Schoolwide Programs to Prevent and Manage Problem Behaviors (with Jemma Robertson Kalberg and Holly Mariah Menzies) and Systematic Screenings of Behavior to Support Instruction (with Holly Mariah Menzies Wendy Peia Oakes and Jemma Robertson Kalberg). Holly Mariah Menzies PhD is Professor in the Charter College of Education at California State University Los Angeles and Chair of the Division of Special Education and Counseling. Her scholarly interests focus on inclusive education and school-based interventions. She serves as an associate editor of Remedial and Special Education. Robin Parks Ennis PhD BCBA-D is Assistant Professor in the special education program of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Ennis worked as a special education high school teacher in both resource and inclusive settings for several years. Her research interests and numerous publications are in the areas of comprehensive integrated three-tiered (CI3T) models of prevention and low-intensity/instructional strategies to support students with and at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders. Dr. Ennis serves on the executive committee of the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders as an associate editor of Remedial and Special Education and on the editorial boards of several other journals. Wendy Peia Oakes PhD is Associate Professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Dr. Oakes worked as a special educator for 13 years. Her work focuses on practices that improve educational access and outcomes for young children with and at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders including the use of comprehensive integrated three-tiered (Ci3T) models of prevention. She serves as an associate editor of Behavioral Disorders and Remedial and Special Education and as coeditor of an annual special issue of Education and Treatment of Children. Dr. Oakes is coauthor (with Kathleen Lynne Lane and associates) of the books Developing a Schoolwide Framework to Prevent and Manage Learning and Behavior Problems Second Edition; Supporting Behavior for School Success: A Step-by-Step Guide to Key Strategies; and Systematic Screenings of Behavior to Support Instruction: From Preschool to High School.