Behaviour Management: A Whole-School Approach

Praise for the First Edition:

"Bill Rogers has an entertaining style and communicates his ideas in a way that will be easily accessible to teachers."
--Behaviour UK

"This is an extremely readable book on children′s behavior and the management of behavior in a classroom and school context. Provides a useful guide to developing a whole-school approach to positive behavior."
--Amazon Review

In this revised and updated edition of the bestseller, the author draws on his extensive experience as an educational consultant and trainer to help teachers and managers develop a whole-school strategy for dealing with student behavior.

In a distinctive accessible and entertaining style, the book offers practical suggestions to support teachers as they face the pressures of accountability, assessment and rising concerns about student behavior.

This resource covers:

• Positive discipline and the importance of consistency
• Specific skills in the language of discipline, both verbal and non-verbal
• Techniques for managing bullying, aggression, rudeness, and violence
• Methods to use with behaviorally disordered students
• The 4Rs--rights, rules, responsibilities, and routines
• Behavioral consequences including ′time-out′
• Behavior agreements or ′contracts′
• Playground management
• Setting up a behavior management plan and expressing it in policy

This book helps strengthen a school′s capacity to work as a cohesive, cooperative unit linked with parents and the community to manage behavior successfully.