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Saul Axelrod,  Professor of Special Education

Saul Axelrod,  Professor of Special Education
Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology in Education

Ritter Hall 441
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6091

phone/fax: (215) 204-6060 / (215) 204-1414
saul.axelrod@temple.edu

Education

1970 Ph.D. Special Education, Florida State University
1967 M.S. Psychology, Florida State University
1961 B.A. Mathematics, Temple University

Areas of Professional Interest

  • Educating Children of Poverty
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Classroom Management
  • Modifying Self-Injurious and Aggressive Behavior in People with Developmental Disabilities

Recent Scholarship

Axelrod, S., & Mathews, S. C. (2003). How to manage behavior. Austin, TX:
Pro-ed. (8 books).

Kim, T. & Axelrod, S. (2005). Direct Instruction: An educator's guide and a plea for action. The Behavior Analyst Today, 6, 111 - 120.

Lee, D., & Axelrod, S. (2005). Behavior modification: Basic principles. (3rd ed.) Austin,TX: Pro- ed.

Rolider, A. & Axelrod, S. (2005). The effects of "behavior speak" on public attitudes toward behavioral interventions: A cross-cultural argument for using conversational language to describe behavioral interventions to the general public. In W. L. Heward, T.E. Heron, N. A. Neef, S. M. Peterson, D. M. Sainato, G. Cartedge, R Gardner, L. D. Peterson, S. B. Hersh, and J. C. Dardig (Eds.). Focus on behavior analysis in education: Achievement, challenges, and opportunities. (pp. 283-294). Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Pearson Education.