20 Disciplinary Strategies for Working With Challenging Students

Publisher Marketing: Classroom discipline isn't just about how strict or relaxed a teacher is. Fair, effective disciplinary strategies are essential in every classroom. Educators at all experience levels are looking for practical, research-based strategies to manage difficult situations. 20 Discipline Strategies for Working With Challenging Students provides easy-to-implement solutions, such as flipped, technology-based, and project-based classroom formats, as well as RTI behavioral improvement programs, to improve disciplinary practice. In this insightful book, author William N. Bender provides an in-depth, three-tiered disciplinary approach that includes preventative, whole-class, and whole-school disciplinary strategies; guidance for avoiding triggers for misbehavior; and specific, differentiated strategies for intensive, targeted interventions to ensure that discipline practices are consistently fair and effective. With an emphasis on recent issues and trends, Bender offers practical tips for putting advanced disciplinary strategies to immediate use in the modern classroom and describes the research foundation for each tactic. This book explores: Differentiated disciplinary strategies for diverse scenarios Solutions for specific challenges in modern discipline Recommendations and examples of real-world application Teachers and administrators working in all subject areas and grade levels can quickly adapt these strategies to meet their needs and improve their classroom management practice. With these proven discipline strategies in place, educators are free to focus on the ultimate goal: increasing student learning.

Contributor Bio:  Bender, William William N. Bender, PhD, is a leader in instructional tactics with an emphasis on differentiated instruction, response to intervention, brain-compatible instruction, and classroom discipline. An accomplished author, he has written several books, including award-winning professional development texts and bestsellers. Dr. Bender consistently receives accolades for his workshops from educators at every level. Dr. Bender began his career teaching in a junior high school resource classroom, working with adolescents with behavioral disorders and learning disabilities. He has taught at Rutgers University and Bluefield State College and was a professor of education at the University of Georgia. One of the first and most prolific authors on RTI, Dr. Bender has completed eight books on various aspects of RTI and continues to break new ground. Dr. Bender has written more than 60 research articles and 20 education and psychology books including Response to Intervention; Differentiating Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities; Introduction to Learning Disabilities; Relational Discipline; and Reading Strategies for Elementary Students With Learning Difficulties. He earned a doctorate in special education from the University of North Carolina.