Solving thorny behavior problems
Subtitle: how teachers and students can work together
By: Caltha Crowe
Publisher: Northeast Foundation for Children; Center for Responsive Schools
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Turners Falls, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9781892989321
Subjects: School discipline; Classroom management; Elementary Education
Description: "Arguing, excluding classmates, forming cliques, "forgetting" to do homework, refusing to do work, balking at sharing. These problems, so common in elementary classrooms, can disrupt learning, frustrate children, and exhaust teachers. This book gives you five strategies for working with children to solve these sorts of problems."--[book cover]
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Getting ready; title: Problem-solving conferences; title: Student-to-student conflict resolution; title: Role-playing; title: Class meetings; title: Individual written agreements; title: Using strategies in concert : Paulina's story; title: Appendix A : morning meeting : a powerful way to begin the day; title: Appendix B : rules children care about : the Responsive Classroom approach to creating and teaching classroom rules; title: Appendix C : beyond the classroom walls : solving problems that involve children from different classrooms.