101 Essential Lists on Managing Behaviour in the Secondary School

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Lists range from the practical and thoughtful to the wacky and innovative and cover a wide range of topics, such as: Understanding challenging behaviour Encouraging good behaviour in your students Developing effective classroom management techniques Using rewards and sanctions Coping with serious problems such as bullying, violence and drug abuse This is an essential buy for all secondary teachers.

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Alex Griffiths is currently Editor of Special! and Managing Director of the Educational Guidance Service. He has also worked as a senior manager in a school for emotional and behavioural difficulties. Pauline Stephenson is an experienced educational psychologist with the Educational Guidance Service. She has also worked on several behaviour projects for a number of LEAs. Table of Contents National Strategy Statistics on behaviour Remember, you are the teacher Recent government legislation Understanding Challenging Behaviour What is challenging behaviour? Examples of challenging behaviour Possible causes Factors affecting behaviour Your role in ensuring good behaviour Your teaching skills Policies, Rules and Responsibilities Effective strategies Your school behaviour policy Reviewing your policy Checklist for creating a policy Key areas for class rules Implementing the rules Examples of class rules Your responsibilities Encouraging Good Behaviour Preparing for success Promoting positive behaviour Keeping the peace Transitions and unexpected events Classroom Management Student expectations The entry and settling phase Successful entry techniques Keeping their attention Tips to maintain attention Dealing with attention difficulties The main lesson Responding to interruptions Clearing up and exiting What to do when trouble starts! Further interventions Rules for interventions Common Class Problems Unfinished work Dealing with hypochondria Are you picking on them? Simple tactics for individual students Language Common expressions Misinterpretations by students Using positive language Reinforcing the message Rewards and Sanctions Views on reward systems Using rewards Positive personal rewards Different reward systems Other effective rewards Sanctions: pros and cons Using sanctions Effective sanctions Following up at the end of a lesson Detention Working with Others Non-teaching staff Teaching assistants The SENCO?s role Individual education plans What an IEP contains More Challenging Behaviour Dealing with confrontation Coping with your emotions Tips for dealing with explosive situations Avoiding permanent exclusion Joint efforts to avoid exclusion Bullying at School What is bullying? Types of bullying Why young people bully Understanding bullies and victims Research into bullying Taking action Some anti-bullying strategies Peer-support and mentoring schemes Dealing with Anger What is anger? Managing anger Helping others control aggression An anti-aggression exercise Things to avoid Using role-play An anger-management exercise Special Problems Students with additional needs Helping dyspraxic students Understanding autism Coping with ADHD Simple teaching tips Organizing the learning environment Modifying your requirements Assigning tasks Enhancing self-esteem Behaviour contracts Managing Students? Well-being Planning school trips Medical needs on school trips Child protection Types of abuse Golden rules in abuse cases Drugs alert Dealing with Parents and Difficult Situations Contacting parents Giving advice to parents Boosting self-esteem at home Checklist for dealing with difficult parents Resolving conflict Assessing aggression and potential violence What to do about difficult situations Reporting incidents Top-tip summary