How the brain influences behavior : management strategies for every classroom / / David A. Sousa ; cover designer, Tracy Miller

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910478877003321
• Autore: Sousa David A.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2009; ©2009
• ISBN: 1-4522-9509-3; 1-4522-9815-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.1024
• Soggetti: Classroom management; Problem children - Behavior modification; Brain; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""About the Author""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Are Behavior Problems on the Rise?""; ""Can Neuroscience Help?""; ""About this Book""; ""Questions this Book Will Answer""; ""Chapter Contents""; ""Other Helpful Tools""; ""Chapter 1 - Handling Social Misbehavior""; ""The Social and Emotional Brain""; ""Emotional Processing""; ""Pathways of Emotional Signals""; ""What Leads to Social Misbehavior?""; ""The Teacher is the Key""; ""Interventions for Handling Social Misbehavior""; ""Dealing with Social Anxieties""; ""Using Social Stories to Modify Behavior""; ""A Case Study: Using a Social Story for a Verbally Aggressive Student""""A Social Story for Angry Students""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2 - Dealing with Impulsive Behavior""; ""What Leads to Impulsivity and Violent Behavior""; ""Genetic Variations""; ""Prenatal Exposure to Cocaine""; ""Cerebral Lesions""; ""An Important Word About Testosterone""; ""Ignorance of Rules of Behavior""; ""Some Strategies for Controlling Impulsive Behavior""; ""Cognitive and Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions""; ""Putting Impulsive Problem Behavior in a Social Context""; ""Using Picture Books to Curb Impulsive Anger or Anxiety""""Other Suggested Strategies""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3 - Teaching Self-Control through Self-Verbalization""; ""Examining Self-Control""; ""What is Self-Control?""; ""Are Children Learning Self-Control?""; ""Brain Structures for Self-Control""; ""Do Mirror Neurons Play a Role in Self-Control?""; ""Losing Self-Control""; ""Helping Students Regain Self-Control""; ""Verbal Self-Control of Aggressive, Defiant, or other Behavior""; ""The Power of Self-Talk""; ""The ZIPPER Strategy""; ""“Say No and Walk Awayâ€? to Resist Peer Pressure""; ""Self-Control through Self-Talk and Self-Monitoring""""The Nature of Attention""; ""Self-Monitoring for other Problem Behaviors""; ""Self-Control through Self-Rating of Emotional Intensity""; ""The Anger Thermometer""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4 - Managing the Behavior of Boys""; ""Why a Concern with Boys?""; ""Gender Differences in Behavior""; ""Genetic and Environmental Factors""; ""Impact of Biology""; ""Some Research Findings on Behavioral Differences""; ""Using Research-Based Strategies""; ""Movement-Based Instruction and Classroom Management""; ""Boy-Friendly Instruction and Discipline""; ""The Responsibility Strategy""""And What about Girls?""; ""The Rise of Cyberbullying""; ""Bullying versus Cyberbullying""; ""Dealing with Cyberbullying""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 5 - Building Positive Relationships with Troubled Students""; ""Relationships and Research""; ""Insights from Neuroscience""; ""Some Research Findings""; ""Developing Teacher-Student Relationships""; ""The Importance of Positive Relationships with and for Students""; ""Reaching Unreachable Students with Dialogue Journals""; ""The Lunch Bunch: An Educatorâ€?s Idea""; ""Managing Serious Behavior Problems through Adult Mentoring""
• Sommario/riassunto: Combining theory and practice, this user-friendly guide translates current brain research into practical, effective strategies for controlling or minimizing disruptive behaviors in K-12 classrooms.