Interpreting and Responding to Classroom Behaviors: A Guide for Early Childhood Educators - Softcover

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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476673756 ISBN 13: 9781476673752

Publisher: McFarland, 2021

Synopsis

"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.

About this title

About the Authors

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.

Les Paul Gallo-Silver is an associate professor of health science at LaGuardia Community College, CUNY and an adjunct professor of social work at Adelphi University. In addition, he is a clinical supervisor at the Wellness Center at LaGuardia Community College. He lives in New York, New York.

Tal D. Lucas is a second-grade teacher in Montgomery County, Maryland. She has taught in the primary grades for twenty-three years specializing in reading and literacy. She has spent much of her career as a team leader and has worked as a mentor teacher.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2021
• ISBN 10: 1476673756
• ISBN 13: 9781476673752
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 399