Behavior in the Classroom : More Resources

Books

Preschool Classroom Management
Laverne Warner, Sharon Lynch

An essential resource that all teachers will appreciate! Written by two experienced teachers, Preschool Classroom Management offers solutions and suggestions to help you tackle behavior issues in the classroom. Chapters include working with challenging behaviors, teaching alternative behaviors, building a caring community in the classroom, teacher tips and techniques, and dealing with daily routines and schedules.

Challenging Behavior In Young Children: Understanding, Preventing, and Responding Effectively
Barbara Kaiser, Judy Sklar Rasminsky

Understand how a child's inappropriate strategies meet his needs and how to change the situation to help the child learn what he needs to succeed. Challenging Behavior in Young Children focuses on behaviors that are out of control or challenging beyond typical misbehaviors of young children. This new edition includes information on relationships and inclusion as well as bullying, working with families, and more.

What do you do with the Mad that you Feel? Activity Book
Family Communications / Mister Rogers Neighborhood

This 60-page, spiral-bound book contains information, activities, book lists and thoughts from Fred Rogers about helping young children learn to manage anger.

Faith in Children: Stories from Faith-Based Children’s Centers
Roberta R. Owens

An inspiring collection of stories and wisdom from families, teachers, and directors in faith-based preschools and child care centers. The collection honors those who provide children with nurturing and enriching learning environments, and encourages others to do the same.

From Conflict to Peace Building: The Power of Early Childhood Initiatives from Around the World
Paul Connolly, Jacqueline Hayden, Diane Levin

This book contains stories of hope and encouragement and of just what early childhood practitioners can do and achieve in the face of adversity. From Conflict to Peace Building shows us that it is possible to make a real difference in the lives of children and families in societies affected by conflict.

Online Articles

Disciplining Preschoolers
Lesia Oesterreich

Preschoolers are delightful to have around, but at times can be quite a challenge! Learning how to get along with others and follow rules takes lots of practice for preschoolers; learning how to guide and discipline preschoolers takes lots of patience for caregivers.

Top Six Discipline Techniques to Try
Robin McClure

As any parent with more than one child or child care provider can attest, what works in terms of a disciplinary approach for one child may not work as well with another. With differences in how kids react to discipline also comes an increased likelihood for parents to be less-than-consistent in their approach. However, child experts indicate that there are some common basics of effective discipline. Here are techniques to try.

Preventing Challenging Behavior
Dianne Burdette

Positive relationships are essential to children's social and emotional development. Warm, caring adults who nurture children can make a big difference in children's lives. Time and attention with behavior change strategies can help reduce many challenging behaviors. Relationship building can increase the influence a caregiver has with children.

Websites

You Can handle Them All

Before you can begin trying to change a child's behavior, you have to properly identify that behavior. Then you can act to change it. Note: We are labeling behaviors, not children! For the sake of convenience, we will describe behaviors with terms such as The Whiner or The Interrupter.

Preschool Behavior Project

This website’s purpose is to discuss positive behavioral supports for young children who engage in challenging behavior. The information on this web site is intended to help families, caregivers, and service providers to:

• Understand why a particular behavior may occur,
• help service providers develop intervention strategies for organizing environments to decrease the possibility of challenging behaviors in young children,
• and help families and service providers to learn more about strategies to support children with challenging behaviors.

National Training Institute: Addressing Challenging Behavior

This is not your typical conference! Come to Florida for intensive workshops where you can expect practical strategies for supporting a positive approach to social emotional development. Get real solutions to behavior challenges in early childhood settings!

Video

Facing the Challenge (2 DVDs)
NAEYC & DECI

Facing the Challenge is an instructional, interactive DVD set for teachers working with young children with challenging behaviors. The program includes over two hours of training and documentary video designed to help teachers learn how to prevent children's use of difficult behaviors and how to develop intervention strategies to work with children who use challenging behaviors to meet their needs.

Children and Conflict: An Opportunity for Learning in the Early Childhood Classroom
Cindy Finch, Lisa Wirtanen

Conflict is a natural and daily occurrence. Children learn through classroom conflict—if it is kept at an optimal level and is met with support from adults who facilitate its peaceful resolution. The 15 minute DVD explores the role of teachers in anticipating when conflict will occur, responding as it does occur, and supporting all children to promote positive growth. Also includes three printed teacher and parent education materials.

 

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