Many children have behavioral problems. “Challenging behavior is any behavior that interferes with a child’s cognitive, social, or emotional development, it is harmful to the child, other children, or adults, and puts a child at high risk for later social problems or school failure”(Klass, Guskin, & Thomas, 1995; McCabe & Frede, 2007). Doug seems like an intelligent boy that gets inattentive easily. I have read Level B and Case 1 and the associated star sheets that go along with the Case study. Doug’s goals are to begin independent work assignments promptly and to increase the number of completed assignments. These goals are very important. A strategy I think that would work for Doug’s goals would be effective rules. Rules are specific proclamations
