Success with challenging students
By: Jeffrey A. Kottler
Contributors: Kottler, Jeffrey A.
Series: Practical skills for counselors
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 70
Subjects: Educational counseling -- United States; Problem children -- Counseling of -- United States; Problem children -- Education -- United States
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Succeeding with difficult students. c1997

Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-64) and index
Table of contents: title: 1. Who are challenging students? At loss about what to do. In the eye of the beholder. Students who challenge us the most. Questions to ask yourself; title: 2. Why do they act the way they do? They are doing the best they can. Additional functions of conflict. Creating difficult students. In summary; title: 3. How do they get underneath your skin? Those who don't fight fair. Protecting yourself. Pushing our buttons. Engaging the challenging student. How can you help yourself? Don't take the conflict personally. It comes with the territory; title: 4. What can you do differently? Some rules of engagement. Strategic interventions; title: 5. What about challenging colleagues? The least of your problems. Teachers who don't understand. Administrators who handcuff us. Parents who fight us. Counselors who undermine us. What about you? Those who abuse you. In summary