David Rabiner

Considerable evidence suggests that teacher classroom management practices play a large role in determining the amount of time students engage in academic tasks, but there has been little experimental research on the direct benefits of classroom management training for academic achievement. The Incredible Years teacher training program (IYT) has been shown to be effective in improving classroom management practices in early elementary school and in enhancing children's social competence, em...

Attention problems, even when not severe enough to warrant a formal diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, are strongly associated with academic achievement difficulties and have an adverse impact on school success for thousands of students each year. At the time of this study, there were no interventions that had been clearly established to enhance attention and achievement among students with attention difficulties. The researchers' goal in this project was to conduct a rig...