I wholeheartedly recommend this book to any parent who has a child in special education. If you are looking for a book to understand and even draft IEPs, this is debatably the best, clearest book out there.

Reviewing and drafting IEPs can be very daunting. This book helps the reader (whether parent, school official, or legal professional) understand the IEP process. After reading this book, any parent will be able to better understand their child's IEP and even be able to write them.

This book should be required reading for every parent who has a child on an IEP. Assessment generates services and IEP goals, and goals inform the parent whether the services are remediating the child. Schools must follow the Law (IDEA) on how to write goals, yet, poorly written IEP goals is one of the biggest non-compliance areas. If a child's progress can not be objectively measured by correctly written goals, how are we to determine the effectiveness of the schools intervention? If you want to hold your school accountable for remediating your child, Bateman's book is a must. This book will help you be an active participant in developing your childs program for the individualized instruction they are entiltled to and help you assess if your child is recieving an appropriate education. Knowledge is power and this book will empower you!

An excellent reference for programme development an implementation

If you are involved with children in the education system this book may be what you are looking for. The authors take the reader through creating a measurable Behavioral Intervention Plan (BIP). "Why Johnny Doesn't Behave" is not a detailed psychological text on dealing with problem children. It is a primer on dealing with the more common problems through an explanation of how to replace the negative behavior with positive behaviors. Perhaps the most valuable part of the book starts in the third section with detailed explanations of Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA) and Behavioral Intervention Plans. The information includes detailed flowchart analysis of behavior and how to integrate an intervention plan into the flowchart so that the results are clear and measurable. Sections three and four cover these in detail and are an excellent analysis of how to make an assessment and document both the assessment and the intervention plan. With the increasingly litigation against schools, knowing how to document the behavior and intervention that was taken becomes more and more important not only for the child but for the school and educator as well. It is a recommended read for anyone dealing with children in an educational environment.

With all the confusion and misinformation surrounding behavior
intervention plans, functional behavioral assessments, and positive behavior support, it is very valuable to have a source that provides clear and useful recommendations. Bateman and Golly, drawing on their extensive knowledge of the law about and the practice of education,have provided that source. For teachers who find themselves wondering how they can cope with one more required form when what they feel they need is commonsense ways to manage problem behavior, this is the book.

Barbara D. Bateman & Annemieke Golly, delve into their years of experience with behavioral intervention programs in Why Johnny Doesn't Behave: Twenty Tips And Measurable BIPs, a sound resource for teachers attempting to cope with irascible and worse student behavior. Extensive examples, instructional guidelines, flowcharts for determining the proper response to undesired behavior and more pack this highly recommended instructional. Also very highly recommended for classroom instructors is Barbara Bateman and Cynthia M. Herr's Writing Measurable IEP Goals And Objects (IP0021,...)

If you are involved in education and in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process in particular, this book may be a lifesaver. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) an Individual Education Plan (IEP) is required for those individuals with a disability. How to write an IEP that complies with the law is the crux of this book.

The IEP goals are required to be measurable, an item that educators often think they have covered when in fact they have not. The authors do an excellent job of detailing how to document the Present Level of Performance (PLOP), Objectives, and Goals.

The last half of the book contains sample Best Practice PLOPs, Objectives, and Goals. Although it is filled with acronyms (as are most texts involving government regulation) at least they define each of them before proceeding to use them. For those involved with the IDEA and the IEP process in particular and feeling overwhelmed with the legal requirements "Writing Measurable IEP Goals and Objectives" can bring some relief by providing much needed guidance on how to meet the needs of the students while complying with the IDEA.

They've provided an excellent guide that promotes, example by example, clear thinking and communication in IEPs. The book is one of those rare birds that is both theoretically sound and practically grounded. Directors of special education should distribute copies to each and every special education teacher in their LEAs. Professors of education should require this book in their students' first course about special education and
have them refer back to it throughout their teacher education programs.