Mary Margaret Kerr - Publications

Mary Margaret Kerr
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
4307 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: 412-648-7205
EMAIL: mmkerr@pitt.edu

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Book Chapters

• Commission on Adolescent Suicide Prevention, (2005). In Evans et al. (Eds.), Treating and preventing adolescent mental health disorders: What we know and what we don’t know. (pp. 434-493). New York: Oxford University Press, The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, and the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

Books

• Kerr, M.M. & Nelson, C.M.(2010) Strategies for addressing behavior problems in the classroom, 6th Edition. Columbus, Ohio: Merrill/Prentice-Hall
• Kerr, M.M. (2009). School Crisis Prevention and Intervention. Columbus, Ohio: Prentice-Hall.
• Kerr, M.M. & Nelson, C.M. Strategies for addressing behavior problems in the classroom, 5th Edition. Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 2006.Link: More...
• Kerr, M.M. & Nelson, C.M. Strategies for addressing behavior problems in the classroom, 4th Edition. Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 2002.Link: More...
• Kerr, M.M. & Nelson, C.M. Strategies for managing behavior problems in the classroom, 3rd Edition. Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1998.
• Kerr, M.M., Brent, D.A., McKain, B.W. Postvention Standards Guidelines: A Guide for a school’s response in the aftermath of a sudden death. University of Pittsburgh, Services for Teens at Risk, 1997.Link: More...
• Kerr, M.M. & Nelson, C.M. Strategies for managing behavior problems in the classroom, 2nd Edition. Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1989.
• Kerr, M.M., Nelson, C.M. & Lambert, D.L. Strategies for adolescents with learning and behavior problems. Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1987.Link: More...
• Kerr, M.M. & Nelson, C.M. Strategies for managing behavior problems in the classroom. Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1983.
• Strain, P.S. & Kerr, M.M. Mainstreaming children in schools. Research and programmatic issues. New York: Academic Press, 1981.Link: More...

Conference Proceedings/Yearbooks

• Kerr, M.M. (2008). Resetting the compass: Past to present perspectives and the direction ahead. In Bullock, L. & Gable, R. Educating troubled children/youth: innovative approaches, alternative settings, and multidisciplinary collaboration resulting in positive outcomes. Reston, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.

Electronic Formats

• Kerr, M.M., & Palmer, C.D. (2007). Bullying: What you don’t know can hurt them. Middle Matters, 15, 3. [National Association of Elementary and Middle School Principals]Link: More...

Journal Articles

• Kerr, M.M., & Valenti, M. (2009). Controls from within the classroom: Crises or conversations? Reclaiming Children and Youth, 17(4), 30-34.
• Kerr, M.M., et al. (2006). Securing Effective Leadership in Every Pennsylvania School. Pennsylvania Educational Leadership.
• The School Administrator
• Brown, G.M., Kerr, M.M., Zigmond, N., & Harris, A.L. What's important for student success in high school? "Successful" and "unsuccessful" students discuss school survival skills. The High School Journal, 1984, 68, 10 17.
• McConnell, S.R., Strain, P.S., Kerr, M.M., Stagg, V., Lenkner, D.A., & Lambert, D.L. An empirical definition of elementary school adjustment: Selection of target behaviors for a comprehensive treatment program. Behavior Modification, 1984, 8, 451 473.
• Strain, P.S., Kerr, M.M., Stagg, V., Lenkner, D.A., Lambert, D.L., Mendelsohn, S.R., & Franca, V.M. Relationships between self concept and directly observed behaviors in kindergarten children. Psychology in the Schools, 1983, 20, 498 505.
• Strain, P.S., Lambert, D.L., Kerr, M.M., Stagg, V., & Lenkner, D.A. Naturalistic assessment of children's compliance to teachers' requests and consequences for compliance. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1983, 16, 243 249.
• Kerr, M.M., Strain, P.S., & Ragland, E.U. Component analysis of a teacher mediated peer feedback treatment package: Effects on positive and negative interactions of behaviorally handicapped children. Behavior Modification, 1982, 6, 277 290.
• Ragland, E.U., Kerr, M.M., & Strain, P.S. Effects of teacher mediated peer feedback on the social play of withdrawn children. Behavior Modification, 1981, 5, 347 359.
• Strain, P.S., Kerr, M.M., & Alpher, R. Child child and adult child interaction in a preschool for physically abused and neglected children. Reading Improvement, 1979, 16, 163 168.
• Strain, P.S. & Kerr, M.M. Treatment issues in the remediation of preschool children's social isolation. Education and Treatment of Children, 1979, 2, 197 208.
• Shores, R.E., Stowitschek, J.J., Kerr, M.M., & Salzberg, C.L. Evaluating a competency based special education teacher-training program: Focus on pupil performance. Teacher Education and Special Education, 1979, 2 (3).
• Young, C.C. & Kerr, M.M. The effects of a retarded child's social initiations on the behavior of severely retarded school aged peers. Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1979, 14, 185 190.
• Strain, P.S., Kerr, M.M., & Ragland, E.U. Effects on peer mediated social initiations and prompting/reinforcement procedures on the social behavior of autistic children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1979, 9 (1), 41 53.
• Ragland, E.U., Kerr, M.M., & Strain, P.S. The use of a peer trainer to increase social behavior among socially isolate children. Behavior Modification, 1978, 2 (4), 565 578.
• Kerr, M.M. & Gable, R.A. Field based programming in teacher education. National Society for Performance and Instructional Journal, June 1977.
• Strain, P.S., Shores, R.E., & Kerr, M.M. An experimental analysis of "spill over" effects on social interaction among behaviorally handicapped pre school children. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1976, 9, 31 40.