Michael O. Weiner, Les Paul Gallo-Silver, Tal D. Lucas

Interpreting and Responding to Classroom Behaviors

A Guide for Early Childhood Educators

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"I spend all my time with this kid!" is a typical teacher complaint when challenged by a young child who disrupts the classroom with rebellious, impulsive, worrisome or odd behaviors. It is vital that teachers gain the skills to holistically decipher and respond to these complex classroom situations. By addressing the underlying meanings that motivate children's behaviors, teachers increase the opportunity for change within the classroom setting. Focusing on communication, this book discusses practical ways to apply child developmental theories to help address common classroom situations, problems, and worries. It identifies new frameworks and rationales, such as the troubling child, the testing child, the worrying child, and the hiding child; describes the unique aspects of these children's communication; and offers an easy-to-use language for successful teacher intervention. It also provides an adaptable, week-by-week planning and intervention structure as a way of creating some balance between practicality and theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 750g
• ISBN-13: 9781476673752
• ISBN-10: 1476673756
• Artikelnr.: 63355661

Autorenporträt

Michael O. Weiner is a licensed clinical social worker and a Portland, Oregon-based child and adolescent psychotherapist. He has a private practice working with children, adolescents, and parents, teaches social work practice at the graduate school level, and provides child development consultation to early childhood educators.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction List of Figures and Tables List of Challenging Behaviors Part One A Different View of the Children in Your Classroom
1.
Children in the Round: A Holistic Approach to Understanding Children
2.
Who Needs a Diagnosis, Anyway? Understanding Behavior as Communication
3.
A Child's Communication Scaffolding Part Two The Children Communicating in Your Classroom
4.
The Child Who Is "Troubling": Loud and Over Reactive
5.
The Child Who Is "Testing": Loud and Under Reactive
6.
The Child Who Is "Worrying": Quiet and Over Reactive
7.
The Child Who Is "Hiding": Quiet and Under Reactive Part Three Pulling Back the Curtain on Specific Communicative Behaviors
8.
A Week-by-Week Guide for Behavior Assessment, Prioritization, and Planning
9.
Distractibility, Daydreaming, and Attention-Related Issues 10.
Elopement and "Moving Away"-Related Issues 11.
Excessive Clowning 12.
Aggression, Bullying, Fighting, Out-of-Control Temper 13.
"Hyperactivity" 14.
Difficulty Observing Personal Space and Other Boundary Problems 15.
Not Speaking 16.
Toileting Accidents and Toilet-Related Issues 17.
Upsetting Artwork, Writings, and Play Conclusion: Keeping Your Balance Appendix A: The Troubling Child Worksheet Appendix B: The Testing Child Worksheet Appendix C: The Worrying Child Worksheet Appendix D: The Hiding Child Worksheet Appendix E: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies Bibliography Index