This edited volume focuses on the role that school climate and disciplinary practices have on the educational and social experiences of students of color. Drawing from quantitative, qualitative, and theoretical studies, it brings to bear a number of topics such as racialized school experiences; criminology, discursive deviance and punishment and…

In recent decades, research and practice have shown that investing in a positive school-wide social culture is a key component of effective education. Evidence demonstrates that educators and students succeed when students are present, engaged, socially secure, and academically successful. Developed by 2M Research in conjunction with an expert…

Whole-school or whole-class programs designed to promote positive behavior can enhance the likelihood that effective teaching and learning occur for all students. This practice guide is intended to help elementary education educators, as well as school and district administrators and parents, implement and support effective prevention-focused…

Disruptive behaviors requiring intervention occur across multiple school systems, including individual students and classrooms. Such behaviors, including talking aloud in class, getting out of one's seat, or more serious behaviors, can be frustrating for other students as well as teachers, who are trying to help students meet ever-increasing…

Social justice has recently received attention within the school psychology community. Yet, social justice is a nebulous term, as opined by Connelly (2009), who cautioned against searching for what is wrong and instead striving for the highest standards and recognizing needs of every unique child. Shriberg and colleagues (2008) have sought to…

The majority of children do come to school to learn, but it only takes a few persistent troublemakers to rob an entire class of that opportunity. Disruptions in the form of lateness, talking out of turn, and disrespecting the teacher and other students take a serious toll on the educational process. Polls have shown that parents, teachers, and the…

Offers four techniques for preventing student behavior problems. (IRT)

Five strategies to help change student behavior and five to help maintain desirable behavior are presented. (MT)

Any punishment in which the student is a passive recipient leaves all the responsibility in the hands of the teacher. The techniques of having students name behavior, choose alternative solutions, and plan and take relevant consequences actively involve them in their own disciplining and encourage self-discipline. (MT)

Systematic analysis of classroom disruption and discipline problems can frequently correct undesirable behavior. The approach presented uses outside observers to help analyze problems and construct solutions. (JMF)

Describes a school discipline model with five stages (problem identification, data collection, administrator-student conference, student response, and follow-up reports) that addresses due process while efficiently resolving disciplinary problems, providing immediate feedback to students and teachers, minimizing classroom disruption, and promoting…

Describes a comprehensive behavior management system that provides a professional base for school programs and long-term teaching efforts to produce responsible citizens. Schools can help change society's discipline-punishment philosophy by establishing appropriate administrative structure and training goals stressing openness, honesty, sincerity,…

Presents a range of confrontational techniques that teachers can use to curb disruptive behavior by students. The techniques are organized systematically from mild, nonverbal techniques to more forceful, verbal interventions and allow flexibility in selecting the least offensive, most effective technique for a given situation. (PGD)

Presents a series of principles and practices that teachers can use to prevent and deal with disruptive student behavior. (FL)

This book helps teachers decode issues of character and discipline by offering practical ideas and research-driven theories that not only promote democratic values in teaching but also explain how to use those values when classroom management skills are being tested. The book provides examples of how practicing teachers evaluate and remedy…