Reducing Behavior Problems in Elementary Classrooms is a practical guide that provides strategies on how to reduce behavior problems. The guide provides information on how to identify specific problem behaviors. It describes how to modify a student's environment to promote positive behavior. It offers educational techniques to promote and reinforce good behavior. Additionally, the guide shows that with collaborative relationships and a school-wide approach, it is possible to reduce behavior problems. Behavioral problems can arise from many reasons. The first step in resolving a student's behavior problem is identifying the circumstances that provoke and reinforce it. According to Doing What Works (DWW), a website about research-based educational practices, a teacher should answer five main questions: "Is this developmentally appropriate?" Does the student's behavior persist? Does this threaten the safety of students or the teacher? Does this prevent other students from learning? Is this spreading to other students? If any of the answers to the above questions is yes, then further evaluation is necessary. Recognizing and understanding the basis of a student's behavior problem begins with collecting and analyzing data at the student level. Data collection requires several weeks. It is important for a teacher to record what happened before, during and after the problem occurred. DWW recommends documenting "concrete details about the environment, such as lesson content, type of activity, level of difficulty, proximity to the teacher, what the teacher said, behavior of others students and other contextual factors. The data should also include the duration and intensity of the behavior. Teachers can discuss effective behavioral strategies with other teachers or with students' parents. Schools can help promote these relationships by organizing "collaborative teaching teams" or bringing in behavioral experts to work with teachers to create a more inclusive picture of what's happening in the classroom and find ways to employ positive strategies for improvement. The strategy that What I observe the most is the positive recognition of behaviors. I really think recognizing positive behavior is crucial for every teacher. I can see the power of gratitude when a student walks away from the teacher with a proud expression lighting up their face and knows that their action(s) was good..