Interpreting and Responding to Classroom Behaviors

<p> I spend all my time with this kid! is a typical teacher complaint when challenged by a young child who disrupts the classroom with rebellious impulsive worrisome or odd behaviors. It is vital that teachers gain the skills to holistically decipher and respond to these complex classroom situations. By addressing the underlying meanings that motivate children's behaviors teachers increase the opportunity for change within the classroom setting. Focusing on communication this book discusses practical ways to apply child developmental theories to help address common classroom situations problems and worries. It identifies new frameworks and rationales such as the troubling child the testing child the worrying child and the hiding child; describes the unique aspects of these children's communication; and offers an easy-to-use language for successful teacher intervention. It also provides an adaptable week-by-week planning and intervention structure as a way of creating some balance between practicality and theory. </p>