Students Who Drive You Crazy: Succeeding with Resistant, Unmotivated, and Otherwise Difficult Young People: 0 - Brossura

Kottler, Jeffrey A

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ISBN 10: 1412965292 ISBN 13: 9781412965293

Casa editrice: Corwin, 2008

Riassunto

Take a proactive approach with your most challenging students!

This second edition of a bestseller gives teachers a model to assess, understand, and respond to challenging students, plus new tables, charts, and reflection questions. Offering real-life scenarios from interviews with teachers, counselors, and school administrators, this updated volume provides:

• More tips for developing active listening skills that improve communication with students 
• Suggestions for creating caring communities in the classroom
• A new section on dealing with aggressive and violent behavior
• Information on understanding parent behavior and suggestions for building positive connections with parents and families

Su questo libro

Recensione:

An absolutely necessary read for educators. The commonsense model assesses and outlines how to respond to challenging students, parents, and colleagues. This work is making a difference in my school. --Bonnie Tryon, Principal

This book offers strategies, understanding, and hope for practicing educators who find themselves struggling with particular students on a daily basis and who want to reach out to students to help them reach their educational goals. --Katy Olweiler, Middle School Counselor

L'autore:

Jeffrey A. Kottler has written over 70 books in the field for therapists, counselors, and teachers, including Compassionate Therapy: Working with Difficult Clients, On Being a Therapist, Bad Therapy: Master Therapists Share Their Worst Failures, Divine Madness, Stress Management and Prevention, and The Client Who Changed Me.

Jeffrey is professor and chair of the counseling department at California State University, Fullerton. He is also founder of the Madhav Ghimire Foundation that is devoted to providing educational opportunities for marginalized and neglected children in Nepal.

Ellen Kottler is currently a lecturer in the Department of Secondary Education at California State University, Fullerton. She has been a teacher in inner city schools as well as urban and rural settings. She also served as a curriculum specialist in social studies. Her areas of interest include beginning teacher support, social studies education, and supporting English language learners in the classroom. She is the author or coauthor of several articles and books for educators, including Secrets to Success for Social Studies Teachers, Counseling Skills for Teachers, Secrets to Success for Beginning Elementary Teachers, On Being a Teacher, and Secrets for Secondary School Teachers: How to Succeed in Your First Year. She received her EdS from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in instructional and curricular studies, her MA from Eastern Michigan University, and her BA from the University of Michigan.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Corwin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1412965292
• ISBN 13: 9781412965293
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 168