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Strategies for Successful Classroom Management

Helping Students Succeed Without Losing Your Dignity or Sanity

By: Brian D. Mendler, Richard L. Curwin, Allen N. Mendler

Use these innovative strategies and provide positive role models for classroom and schoolwide behavior!

From the authors of the Discipline with Dignity series, this practical resource offers the best motivational practices that make difficult students want to behave. This book emphasizes specific things to say and do to stop most problems before they start and how to handle disruptive student incidents without losing your dignity or attacking theirs. Teachers, administrators and counselors will find guidance for:

Teaching conflict resolution and anger management
Ending complaints of "That's not fair"
Stopping power struggles
Helping students prevent and respond to bullying
Developing effective school rules and consequences

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781412937849
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2007
Page Count: 176
Publication date: December 14, 2007

Price: $31.95

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"The content is crucial for classroom teachers who want to help children learn alternatives to aggression. The authors don't just 'talk the talk,' they 'walk the walk.'"
—Deborah Alexander-Davis
Educational Consultant

"The authors provide a clear rationale for teaching values and behaviors that can go a long way toward building learning communities."
—Barbara K. Given, Codirector, Adolescent and Adult Learning Research Center
George Mason University

Use these innovative strategies and provide positive role models for classroom and schoolwide behavior!

Teaching conflict resolution and anger management
Ending complaints of "That's not fair"
Stopping power struggles
Helping students prevent and respond to bullying
Developing effective school rules and consequences

This invaluable resource is ideal for educators dedicated to creating and sustaining safe, stable school environments where learning can flourish.

Key features

Practical strategies for creating classroom and schoolwide alternatives to aggression
Provides models for problem solving, conflict resolution, anger management, stress reduction, renaming and reframing, finding spirituality from within, and creating safe classrooms
Based on the authors' critically acclaimed Discipline with Dignity and As Tough as Necessary

Author(s)

Brian D. Mendler

Brian Mendler is a certified elementary and special education teacher with extensive experience working with challenging students in general education, self-contained, and inclusion settings. As an Adjunct Professor at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY, he teaches Behavior Management, and Introduction to Special Education. In addition, he provides staff development training for K-12 educators and youth service workers throughout North America with the focus on how to be successful with even the most difficult students. Mr. Mendler’s recent publication, Tips 4 Teachers, is an easy to read book for educators that offers specific, practical strategies from the Discipline with Dignity approach. Brian is a contributor to the book, Just in Time: Powerful Strategies to Promote Positive Behavior, published with Dr. Allen Mendler, co-author of numerous publications including Discipline with Dignity. The publication provides practical, in-depth suggestions for teachers that offer solutions to problems with discipline and motivation.

While completing his Master’s degree at D'Youville College in Buffalo, Brian began volunteering in the Big Brothers/ Big Sisters program. He has been passionately involved with this program, and his “little,” Victor, since that time. He also works with Special Olympics, helping out in their track and field, and softball programs. Brian currently resides in Rochester, NY.

Richard L. Curwin

Dr. Richard Curwin is an award winning instructor, author and educational consltant. His philosophy on discipline, behavior, and classroom management is one of the most widely used in the world. He is co-author on the national best selling book Discipline with Dignity, which offers educators a plethora of strategies on behavior and classroom management.

Dr. Curwin has also authored or co-authored many other publications, including:
Discipline with Dignity for Challenging Youth
Rediscovering Hope: Our Greatest Teaching Strategy.
Making Good Choices

His seminars and training sessions offer educators ready-to-use strategies with objectives, materials, language, and examples-all designed to encourage students to accept responsibility for their own behavior. Dr. Cuwin believes that mistakes can become opportunities for learning, and provide teachers a chance to teach respect and self-discipline.

Dr. Curwin's articles have appeared in Educational Leadership, Reclaiming Children and Youth, Instructor, Parenting, and Learning. All highly acclaimed educational resources. He is a leader in the fields of discipline, behavior, and classroom management.

He is in high demand as a speaker in America and internationally. His strategies and techniques are used in Belgium, Germany, Japan, Singapore and Israel. He was a recipient of the coveted Crazy Horse Award for having made outstanding contributions to discouraged youth.

Dr. Curwin is the parent of 3 children and 5 grandchildren. He resides in San Francisco, California.

Allen N. Mendler

Dr. Allen Mendler is an educator, school psychologist, behavior and classroom management expert, and parent of three children.

He has worked extensively with children of all ages in regular education and special education settings. He has consulted to many schools on the topics of discipline, behavior, and classroom management. He has also consulted at day and residential centers, and has done extensive work with youth in juvenile detention.

Dr. Mendler's emphasis is on developing effective frameworks and strategies for educators to manage behavior and classrooms. He is an expert at helping youth professionals, teachers, administrators, and parents help difficult youth succeed.

As one of the internationally acclaimed authors of the book Discipline with Dignity, Dr. Mendler has given many workshops and seminars to professionals and parents. His behavior management philosophy is highly acclaimed, and Dr. Mendler is in demand as a motivational speaker and trainer by schools all over the world.

He is the author or co-author of many books including:
What Do I Do When?
Power Struggles: Successful Techniques for Educators
Motivating Students Who Don't Care
Connecting with Students
Discipline with Dignity for Challenging Youth

Dr. Mendler's most recent book, Just in Time, provides practical easy-to-read tips and specific methods for preventing discipline problems. His articles have appeared in many journals including Educational Leadership, Kappan, Learning, Reclaiming Children and Youth, and Reaching Today's Youth.

Dr. Mendler has been recognized for his distinguished teaching in the areas of discipline, behavior, and classroom management by the Bureau of Education and Research, and was a recipient of the coveted Crazy Horse Award for having made outstanding contributions to discouraged youth.

Dr. Mendler lives with his wife Barbara and his daughter Lisa in Rochester N.Y.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

1. The Problem of Harmful Aggression

2. Attitudes, Beliefs, and Principles for Educators

3. Why Kids Misbehave and What to Do About It

4. Fair Versus Equal

5. Classroom Strategies for the Teacher

6. Developing Effective Rules

7. Handling Power Struggles Effectively

8. Strategies for Teaching Students to Handle Conflict Effectively

9. Helping Students Handle Bullying

Conclusion

References

Index

Reviews

"This book is written clearly and the concrete examples make it a practical guide for teachers. The authors provide a clear rationale for teaching values and behaviors that can go a long way toward building learning communities."

Barbara K. Given, Codirector
Adolescent and Adult Learning Research Center, George Mason University

"The content is crucial for classroom teachers who want to help children learn alternatives to aggression. The authors don’t just ‘talk the talk’, they ‘walk the walk.’"

Deborah Alexander-Davis, Educational Consultant

"This book will be useful to any adult, not just teachers, who works with students who have issues with aggression."

Kathryn Fitzgerald Abels, EC Resource Teacher
Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools, NC

"Other resources I have used would suggest trying to conference with the aggressive student or removing the student. This book suggests diverting the student by diffusing the anger."

Sheila Fisher, Principal
Maria Weston Chapman Middle School, North Attleboro, MA

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