100 ideas for supporting pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties

Summary: "Providing 100 practical ideas to enhance and develop learning, this is a resourceful guide for anyone working to support pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. Each idea has been tried and tested. Ideas range from recognizing behaviour triggers and causes of escalation to developing and establishing effective behaviour management strategies."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9780826496614 (pbk.)
ISBN: 082649661X (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xii, 123 p. ; 20 cm.
Publisher: [London] ; New York : Continuum, c2008.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Section I: Looking at you - 1. Your Peronsonality - 2. Responding Too Quickly - 3. Defusing Skills - 4. Confrontation - 5. Not Being Fair - 6. Being Subjective - 7. Oral Communication - 8. Your Writing Skills - 9. Presentation - 10. Body Language - 11. Your Organizational Abilities - Section 2: Your Classroom - 12. Establishing Your Territory - 13. Classroom Geography - 14. Seating Plan and Mobility - 15. Movement Around the Classroom - 16. Circle of Friends - 17. Buddies - 18. A Planned Alternative to Your Classroom - 19. The Power of Rules - 20. Compling the Rules - 21. Using the Rules - Section 3: The lesson - 22. Entering the Classroom - 23. Silence - 24. Starting the Lesson - 25. Lesson Timing - 26. The End of the Lesson - 27, High Mobility Lessons - Section 4: Basic skills - 28. Being Watchful - 29. Using Eye Contact - 30. Constant Vigilance - 31. Listening for Trouble - 32. Facial Expressions and Gestures - Section 5: School documentation and support - 33. The School Behavior Policy - 34. Statements and Identification of Special Needs - 35. Mobility Around the School - 36. Managing other Adults in the Classroom - Section 6: Measuring SEBD - 37. Objective Analysis - 38. Recording the Behaviors - 39. Using the Records Effectively - Section 7: Help from outside - 40. Social Worker - 41 Behavior and Learning Support Services - 42. Educational Psychologist - 43. Educational Social Worker - 44. Other Services - Section 8: Communicating with pupils and parents - 45. Making a Connection - 46. Who is the Carer? - 47. Good Communication - 48. Fruitful Meetings - Section 9; Challenging behavior and triggers - 49. spot Triggers - 50. Disappointment - 51. Negative Reinforcement - 52. Something Bad is Going to Happen - 53. Expectations not Fulfilled - 54. Persistent Criticism - Section 10: Pre-empting escalation - 55.Managing the Unexpected - 56. Giving Attention - 57. Managing Other Pupils - 58. Separating Pupils - 59. Changing Activity - 60. Whole-Class Testing - Section 11: Behavior likely to escalate - 61. Keeping Bums on Seats - 62. Hindering Other Children - 63. Talking and Shouting Out - 64. Threatening Other Children - 65. Making a Noise - 66. Rudeness and Swearing - 67. Causing Minor Damage - 68. Refusal to Comply - 69. Throwing Things - 70. The Temper Tantrum - Section 12: Interventions following escalation - 71. Can You Manage the Big Challenge? - 72. Triggers Continue - 73. When Nothing Soothes the Behavior - 75. Personalized Insults - Section 13: Crisis time - 76. From Escalation to Crisis - 77. Defusing - 78. Managing Your Responses under Pressure - 79. Keeping Calm Eyes - 80. Avoid Win or Lose Situations - 81. Stick to Your Guns - 82. No Threats, No Ultimatiums - 83. Insist on One Behavior - 84. Get Closer - 85. Rearrange Seating - 86. Put It in Writing - 87. Bringing All the Crisis Tactics Together - Section 14: Coping with profoundly difficult behaviors - 88. Strong Interventions - 89. Physically Dangerous Behavior - 90. Steady Eye Contact - 91. A Time for Calm - 92. Removing the Class From the Room - 93. Light Physical Contact - 94. No Cornering - 95. No Therapy - 96. Crucial Factors - Section 15: Recovery phase - 97. Talking Down - 98. Dealing with Guilt and Apologies - 99. Reparation - 100. Finding the Balance.