Health and mental health providers, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, are warning that US children and adolescents are facing a mental health state of emergency. Well before the COVID-19 ...

Young children in a classroom (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Ground Picture) The landscape of modern education requires a fundamental shift in how student behavior is understood and managed.

I gazed out the window at the snow-covered peaks and patchwork fields below as my plane approached the tarmac at Denver International Airport. Wheels down at last. I had arrived at my new home — a ...

Praise and rewards can be an effective way to change kids' behavior for the better. Here's how to use them. Reviewed by Nicole Amoyal Pensak, PhD When your child misbehaves, rewards might be the last ...

In 1936, the psychologist Kurt Lewin proposed a deceptively simple idea: Behavior is a function of the person and their environment. He even gave it an equation: B = f(P, E). Your actions are shaped ...

Governments, nonprofits, and companies all try to influence people’s behavior. They do that in lots of ways. There are many education programs that aim to affect behavior. For example, the US ...

When your child misbehaves, rewards might be the last thing on your mind. But positive reinforcement can be one of the most effective behavior modification techniques parents can use. Positive ...

Behavioral therapy is a broad term that refers to several therapeutic techniques to treat mental health disorders. This form of therapy suggests that all behaviors occur due to learning them from ...

Today’s most effective campaigns do more than capture attention; they create lasting impact. This is the power of behavior change marketing (BCM), a strategic (and scientific) approach that goes ...

AJ Crabill has been training school board members since 2016 with the Texas Education Agency and the Council of the Great City Schools. He’s now out with a new book, Great on Their Behalf: Why School ...

My firm had been asked by Tim, the vice president of human resources for a large corporation, to develop a management skills program for plant managers. With over 8,000 employees in 24 states, the ...