Autore	Roberts Walter B., Jr.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (153 p.)
Disciplina	371.782
Soggetto topico	Bullying in schools - Prevention School management and organization - Parent participation School violence - Prevention
ISBN	1-4522-9766-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Every Parentâ€?s Nightmareâ€?and Yours, Too!""; ""Who will Benefit from this Book?""; ""The High Cost of Ignoring the Problem""; ""How Educators have Overlooked Parents as Partners""; ""How to Use this Book with Parents""; ""Chapter 2 - What Bullying and Teasing do to Everyoneâ€?Kids, Adults, and Communities""; ""Death Comes to Lake Wobegon""; ""When Intervention Stops Tragedy""; ""The Pain That Resonates to the Bone""; ""How Everyone Loses When Bullying Occurs"" ""Chapter 3 - Why Parents Complain about Schoolsâ€? Responses to Bullying""""Parentsâ€? Attitudes toward Public Schools: The Statistics""; ""About Those â€œThey didnâ€?t do Anythingâ€? Claims""; ""Documenting the Facts on School Interventions""; ""Chapter 4 - How to Talk with Parents Whose Children are Bullied""; ""Parents of Bullied Children: The Two Camps""; ""Working with the Actively Involved Parent""; ""Working with the Less Actively Involved Parent""; ""The â€œInverted Curveâ€? and Tension Cycle""; ""Chapter 5 - How to Work with Parents Whose Children Bully Others"" ""Some Things to Keep in Mind about the Families of Aggressive Children""""Televisionâ€?s Impact on Children and Bullying""; ""Kissing a Plan Increases the Chances of Success for Everyone""; ""Chapter 6 - The Parent Who Refuses to Cooperate""; ""Subverting the Dominant Paradigm""; ""Conflict Resolution with Parents Who Refuse to Cooperate""; ""Eleven Global Approaches toward Conflict Resolution""; ""Chapter 7 - Types of Difficult Parents""; ""The Parent Bully""; ""The Silent Treatment""; ""The Staller""; ""The Negative""; ""The Complainer""; ""Know-it-alls""; ""Angels"" ""What about Mediation and Negotiation?""""Chapter 8 - Helping Parents Talk at Home with Their Children about Misbehaviors""; ""Helping Parents Understand Punishment, Accountability, and Restitution""; ""Restorative Justice""; ""Helping Parents Help Their Child Think about Righting a Wrong""; ""What Happens after that First Step?""; ""Chapter 9 - Seven Talking Points for Helping Parents Talk to Children about Being Bullied""; ""Talking Point 1: Help Parents Understand the Importance of Listening to Their Childâ€?s Concerns about Bullying and Teasing"" ""Talking Point 2: Asking the Right Questions will Likely Increase Parent-Child Communication""""Talking Point 3: Parents want to Obtain as many Details as Possible in an Understanding Fashion""; ""Talking Point 4: Parents Need to Assure Their Children That They will Work with Them to Find a Solution to the Problem""; ""Talking Point 5: Parents should ask the Childâ€?s Opinions and Concerns about Discussing the Situation with School Personnel""; ""Talking Point 6: Encourage the Child not to Respond to Provocation with Violence"" ""Talking Point 7: Parents should Encourage Their Child to ask Those in a Supervisory Capacity for Assistance""
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Autore	Portner Hal
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2006
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (121 p.)
Disciplina	374
Soggetto topico	Teachers' workshops - Planning Educational consultants
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4833-6153-5 1-4833-6370-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""About this Book""; ""Definitions and Clarifications""; ""Presenters as Leaders and Learners""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Assessing Your Potential as a Presenter""; ""Predisposition""; ""Presentation Skills and Behaviors""; ""Chapter 2 - Understanding Adult Learners""; ""Characteristics of Adult Learners""; ""Address Adult Learnersâ€? Expectations""; ""Adult Learning Modes""; ""Multiple Intelligences""; ""Chapter 3 - Designing the Presentation""; ""Adapting Madeline Hunterâ€?s Model""; ""Purpose and Objective"" ""Anticipatory Set""""Input""; ""Modeling""; ""Checking for Understanding""; ""Closure""; ""Chapter 4 - Presenting the Workshop""; ""Conquer Stage Fright""; ""Overcome the Impostor Syndrome""; ""Handle Difficult Situations""; ""What Not to Do""; ""Make an Inspiring Presentation""; ""Some Tips and Observations""; ""Chapter 5 - Growing as a Presenter""; ""Freelancing""; ""Marketing""; ""Guaranteeing Success""; ""Fees and Finances""; ""Evaluating a Workshop""; ""Resource A: Learning Style Inventory or Discovering How You Learn Best"" ""Resource B: Seating Arrangements for Learning Environments""""Resource C: Web of Connections""; ""Resource D: Standing Offer""; ""Resource E: Workshop Evaluation""; ""Resource F: Evaluation Letter""; ""Resource G: Selected Bibliography""; ""References""; ""Index""
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Autore	Rothstein Andrew, Ph. D.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (296 p.)
Disciplina	372.7
Soggetto topico	Mathematics - Study and teaching (Elementary) Mathematics - Study and teaching (Middle school) Technical writing
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4522-8082-7 1-4522-9287-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Publisherâ€?s Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 - Writing and Mathematics: An Introduction""; ""Chapter 2 - Taxonomies: The Words and Symbols of Mathematics""; ""Chapter 3 - Composing With Keywords: Mathematical Word Play""; ""Chapter 4 - Metacognition for Mathematical Thinking""; ""Chapter 5 - Defining Format for Mathematical Clarity""; ""Chapter 6 - Morphology and Etymology for Expanding Mathematical Vocabulary""; ""Chapter 7 - Profiles and Frames for Organizing Mathematical Information"" ""Chapter 8 - Reasons, Procedures, and Results to Explain Mathematical Ideas and Concepts""""Chapter 9 - Whoâ€?s Who in Mathematics for Biographies and Careers Related to Mathematics""; ""Chapter 10 - Where in the World for Relating Geography to Mathematics""; ""Chapter 11 - Personifications and Interactions for Knowledge and Humor""; ""Chapter 12 - Mathematically Literate: Knowing, Applying, and Communicating Mathematics""; ""Resource A: Rubrics for Writing for Mathematics""; ""Resource B: Reproducible Templates for Students""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910478911103321

Autore	Rockwell Sylvia
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (321 p.)
Disciplina	372.139/3
Soggetto topico	Problem children - Education (Elementary) Problem children - Behavior modification Classroom management
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	9781483363851
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1 - Foundations and Frameworks; Introduction; Foundational Principles; Foundational Principle 1: The only Person I can Control is Myself; Foundational Principle 2: Behavior is Purposeful; Foundational Principle 3: Reinforcement Increases the Likelihood That a Behavior Will be Repeated; Foundational Principle 4: Punishment Decreases the Likelihood That a Behavior Will be Repeated; Foundational Principle 5: All People Have the Same Basic Needs Foundational Principle 6: Each Person Has His or Her Own Belief about How to Meet a Particular NeedFoundational Principle 7: People Who Have Had Their Needs Met Reliably through Socially Accepted Means Operate from Three Basic Assumptions; Foundational Principle 8: Trauma and Long-Term Exposure to Shame-Producing Events Shatters Those Assumptions; Foundational Principle 9: Human Beings Work to Maintain a Sense of Control; Foundational Principle 10: Shame Comes from Public Exposure of One's Own Vulnerability; Human beings Work to Avoid Shame Foundational Principle 11: The Four Components of Behavior are Overt, Observable Actions, Emotions, thoughts, and Physiological Reactions Interventions Need to Address all Four; Foundational Principle 12: What We Do to, for, and with Youth Has Powerful, Long-Term Effects; Theoretical Approaches to Behavior Management; The Behavioral Approach; The Biophysical Approach; The Ecological Approach; The Cognitive-Behavioral Approach; A Rationale for Integrating the Theoretical Approaches; Conclusion; Chapter 2 - Typical and Atypical Development; Introduction; Typical Development Atypical DevelopmentAssessment; Understanding the Whole Child: Essential Research Topics; Temperament versus Learned Behavior; Externalizing and Internalizing Disorders: The Question of Blame; Neurodevelopmental Constructs; Assessment Tools: Expanding and Enhancing Their Application; Triage: A Rationale for Decision Making; Conclusion; Chapter 3 - Group Development; Introduction; Group Formation: Characteristics and Processes; Stages of Group Development; Stage 1; Stage 2; Stage 3; Roles That Students Play; Roles That Teachers Play; The Pecking Order; Strategies for Building Community ConclusionChapter 4 - Classwide Behavior Management; Introduction; Conditions; Physical Environment; Schedule; Climate; Consequences; Expectations; Rules; Procedures; Reinforcement and Punishment; Curriculum; Teaching Rules; Teaching Social Skills; Teaching Optimism; Conclusion; Chapter 5 - The Behavior-Achievement Connection; Introduction; Learners Who are at Risk; A Strategy Selection Framework; A Multifaceted Approach in Action; The Role of Assessment; Standardized Assessments; Informal Assessments; Reading Instruction; Essential Elements for Effective Reading Instruction Algebraic Thinking
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