How to Handle the Hard-to-Handle Student, K-5

"Maryln Appelbaum is one of the most influential and helpful educators I know. This is a wonderful and insightful book for all educators who work with and care about children." -Richard L. Curwin, Author Discipline With Dignity and Making Good Choices "This book provides interactive strategies that meet individual needs. The emphasis on believing in each student and making sure that the student knows this belief is extremely important." -Jean Kueker, Professor Emeritus of Education, Our Lady of the Lake University President, Learning Disabilities Association of Texas Over 100 practical and effective interventions for helping hard-to-handle students succeed in the classroom and grow toward independence! Today's classrooms are filled with diverse learners, ranging from students who blurt out, tattle, or talk back to students with challenges such as anger, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), Asperger's syndrome, and Tourette syndrome. This resource is packed with more than 100 easy-to-implement strategies for a variety of behavioral challenges, making it easy to look up information for a specific situation, and also includes information on bullying. The author provides descriptions of disorders and strategies to help K-5 teachers recognize symptoms, understand children's strengths and challenges, and promote students' ability to: Develop problem-solving skills Handle their emotions Regulate their own behavior Learn in ways that meet their needs and those of the class This invaluable resource is ideal for teachers in inclusive classrooms and serves as a quick reference for helping students practice appropriate behavior.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures Foreword by Marty Appelbaum Preface Acknowledgments About the Author 1. How to Handle Students With ADHD ADHD Inattentive Type ADHD Hyperactive-Impulsive Type Both ADHD Inattentive and ADHD Hyperactive-Impulsive Types 2. How to Handle Students With Learning Disabilities Strategies for Succeeding With Students With LD A Concluding Story 3. How to Handle Anger and Oppositional Defiant Disorder The Stages of Anger and Strategies for Each Stage Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) 4. How to Handle Bullying Strategies for Understanding and Handling Bullying 5. How to Handle Students With Bipolar Disorder Strategies for Succeeding With Students With Bipolar Disorder 6. How to Handle Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder Strategies for Succeeding With Students With ASD 7. How to Handle Students With Asperger Syndrome Strategies for Succeeding With Students With AS 8. How to Handle Students With Tourette′s Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Characteristics of Tourette′s Syndrome (TS) Characteristics of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Psychological Consequences of TS and OCD Strategies for Succeeding With Students With TS and OCD 9. How to Handle Students Who Are Disruptive Skill One: How to Handle Tattling Skill Two: How to Handle Complaining Skill Three: How to Handle Constant Chatter Skill Four: How to Handle Blurting Out Skill Five: How to Handle Talking Back Skill Six: How to Handle Power Struggles Skill Seven: How to Handle Student Conflicts Conclusion References Index

About the Author :
Maryln Appelbaum is well-known internationally as an outstanding authority on children, education, and families. She has worked as a teacher, an administrator, and a therapist and has been a consultant throughout the United States. She has written more than 30 how-to books geared exclusively for educators and parents. She has been interviewed on television and radio talks shows and has been quoted in newspapers including USA Today. She owns a seminar training company, Appelbaum Training Institute, with her son, Marty Appelbaum, and they and their speakers train educators all over the world. She has master’s degrees in both psychology and education and completed her doctoral studies in both education and psychology. Appelbaum′s influence impacts the entire globe with her thoughts for the day that go out to thousands of educators via e-mail daily. Her strategies have been implemented in schools across the world successfully. There is not a day that goes by that someone does not contact her at Appelbaum Training Institute to tell her “thank you.” Those “thank you’s” come from teachers, administrators, parents, and students whose lives have been impacted by Maryln. Appelbaum′s books and her talks are always packed with strategies for success. She is a positive, motivational, dynamic, caring, one-of-a-kind difference maker for the world.

Review :
“This book provides interactive strategies that meet individual needs. The emphasis on believing in each student and making sure that the student knows this belief is extremely important. The strategies are practical, down to earth, and useable. With more students with disabilities being served in general education classrooms, as well as more opportunities for co-teaching, this book provides many strategies for meeting academic as well as behavioral needs.” “The most comprehensive resource I have found for providing teachers with a succinct description of what to expect from hard-to-handle students. This is a reference that should be at every teacher’s fingertips.” "Essential for teachers and parents of all curricular and age levels. The topics covered are those that are often overlooked and/or misunderstood." “Maryln Appelbaum is one of the most influential and helpful educators I know. This is a wonderful and insightful book for all educators who work with and care about children.”