ABSTRACT

Tackling Behaviour in the Primary School provides ready-made advice and support for classroom professionals and can be used, read and adapted to suit the busy everyday lives of teachers working in primary schools today.

This valuable text sets the scene for managing behaviour in the primary classroom in the context of the Children Act 2004 agenda, making it highly relevant to trainee primary teachers, learning school mentors, classroom assistants, behaviour specialists and senior management teams. As experts in the field of behaviour management, the authors draw on their many years of experience to provide evidenced whole-school strategies, extensively-researched concepts and step-by-step behaviour programmes. Topics covered include:

  • Understanding behaviour
  • How to measure behaviour and why this can be an effective approach
  • Using and implementing whole-school behaviour policies
  • Honing your classroom management skills
  • Managing bullying
  • Dealing with specific classroom difficulties
  • Working effectively and supportively with parents.

Drawing on case-studies throughout, this handbook will help you to understand and deal with the most confrontational of classroom behaviour. Tackling Behaviour in the Primary School provides all staff, parents and carers engaged in health, education and social services with a ready-made resource packed full of strategies, ideas, activities and solutions to help manage behaviour in even the toughest of classrooms.

part I|78 pages

Setting the scene

chapter 1|20 pages

New approaches 1

Managing behaviour in the primary school

chapter 2|18 pages

New approaches 2

The five levels at which to address behaviour

chapter 3|23 pages

New approaches 3

Respect and relationships and well-being policies

chapter 4|15 pages

New approaches 4

Roles supporting classroom management

part II|133 pages

Effective classroom management

chapter 5|6 pages

Tips for classroom professionals

Practical advice

chapter 7|21 pages

The 5-Step Behaviour Programme

An example of a whole-school strategy for positive behaviour management

chapter 9|21 pages

Dealing with specific classroom difficulties

Practical solutions

chapter 10|10 pages

Positive behaviour in the playground

chapter 12|13 pages

The Family Values Scheme

An example of effective partnerships with families