Changing Student Behavior: Comprehensive Learning and Interventions for Correcting Kids

by Anthony Scannella

Overview

This book introduces CLICK (Comprehensive Learning and Interventions for Correcting Kids), a school discipline, that is based on actual teaching practices and sound theory and research. It will help educators focus on a new way of thinking about discipline and how to resolve it in the classroom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578867080
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/24/2007
Pages:	92
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.19(d)

About the Author

Anthony Scannella is presently Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for Educational Administration, Inc. (FEA). Prior to this, Dr. Scannella served as a successful principal, assistant principal, director of curriculum, and teacher.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 How to Create a Positive Classroom Environment
Chapter 2 What are the Skills of Effective Classroom Managers?
Chapter 3 The First Weeks of School
Chapter 4 The CLICK Strategies to Eliminate Misbehavior
Chapter 5 The CLICK Faculty Meeting
Chapter 6 What Students Need
Chapter 7 When a Student Misbehaves: A Suggested Procedure
Chapter 8 Defiant Students and How They Think
Chapter 9 Teaching Students with Attention Deficit Disorder
Chapter 10 Intervention Plan
Chapter 11 Conclusion
Chapter 12 Appendices
Chapter 13 Appendix A—How to Set Up the Classroom
Chapter 14 Appendix B—Matching Instructional Strategies
Chapter 15 Appendix C—Basic Communication Patterns in CLICK
Chapter 16 Appendix D—When a Student Misbehaves (Chart)
Chapter 17 Resources
Chapter 18 Highly Suggested Reading
Chapter 19 Suggested Organizations and Websites for Personal Research

Editorial Reviews

Changing Student Behavior: Comprehensive Learning and Interventions for Correcting Kids provides a powerful and practical guide for empowering teachers to nurture positive, respectful, and cooperative partnerships with students. In particular, the chapter on the defiant child provides insight into working with students who depict disruptive and unwanted behaviors, including strategies for responding to challenging behaviors while preserving the dignity of the student. CLICK is a critical resource to teachers, vice principals, and principals.

Nancy Richmond

...when you are setting up a school-wide discipline program, CLICK will ensure that you do so effectively. This book is filled with practice-based suggestions and activities. A must read for all administrators and teachers.

Chris Carlson

A concise and enormously powerful program on discipline and classroom management, CLICK is a useful handbook and a valuable resource for all educators.

Willa Spicer Ed.D