Full Description
Success in school discipline goes to the most astute and flexible-minded, the best prepared and proactive people. CLICK (Comprehensive Learning and Interventions for Correcting Kids) will teach educators how to create the most effective school and classroom disciplinary program possible and, in the process, catapult students to a new level of self-discipline and respect. Readers will learn: -The easiest way to reduce defiant behavior. -How to use behavior clues to determine types of disciplinary strategies. -How to structure classrooms so students feel some ownership and control of what goes on. -The best way to get students to pay attention_all the time. -A powerful communication model to curb most classroom conflicts. -The strategies of behavioral engineering. -How to gain trust and rapport instantly_with any student, any person. -What an effective support system looks like. -How to write expectations for good behavior. Seven more reasons to learn about CLICK: -Create a school where all students can learn and all teachers can teach_without disruption of fear. -Discover the smartest ways to deal with student problems. -Greatly improve school climate. -Think about student discipline in new ways, so you always and instinctively maximize your responses. -Create self-assurance in students and staff. -Experience a new freedom from worry. -Empower students so they reach their full potential socially and personally.
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