problem children

"Thelonius Mitchell is tired of being labeled. He's in special ed, separated from the 'normal' kids at school who don't have any 'issues.' That's enough to make all the teachers and students look at him and his friends with a constant side-eye. (Although his disruptive antics and pranks have given him a rep too.) When a gun is found at a neighborhood hangout, Thelonius and his pals become instant suspects. Thelonius may be guilty of pulling crazy stunts at school, but a criminal? T isn't about to let that label stick"--Dust jacket.

Explains how to use the skillstreaming approach to teach prosocial skills to elementary students, covering effective arrangements, teaching procedures, refining skill use, teaching for skill generalization, managing problems, and other related topics and including skill outlines and homework reports.

Presents strategies and practical tactics, tested in urban, suburban, and rural schools, for building a successful prevention program for learning, behavior, and emotional problems in one's school.

Problem children Jenna and Lucas find themselves invited to Camp Fielding, where they are surrounded by other misfits whose parents hope will be changed into prodigies. When strange things begin happening around them, Jenna and Lucas team up to investigate, but what they discover is beyond anything they could have imagined.

Provides strategies for addressing and preventing misbehavior and disruptive conduct in the classroom and includes assessment tools, guidelines for creating intervention plans, forms, and other resources.

Explains why it is important for teachers and parents to understand the impact prevalent trauma has on the lives of students, their learning, and behavior and explores how teachers can help those students have a promising future.

A collection of poems for children that celebrates the humor of familiar everyday topics.

A guide for elementary and secondary school teachers and counselors that discusses student motivations and explains how to work effectively with difficult children without becoming obsessive or discouraged. Also covers interactions with difficult parents and colleagues.

Describes strategies educators can use to prevent and effectively respond to problem behavior in kindergarten through high school classrooms, and includes reproducible checklists, assessment tools, and planning forms.