Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393707547 ISBN 13: 9780393707540

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2016

Attachment-based strategies for reaching and teaching disruptive, difficult, and emotionally challenged students.

Difficult Students and Disruptive Behavior in the Classroom provides skills-based interventions for educators to address the most common problem behaviors encountered in the classroom. Offering not just problem-specific “best practices” but an attachment-based foundation of sound pedagogical principles and strategies for reaching and teaching disruptive, difficult, and emotionally challenged students, it empowers educators to act wisely when problem behaviors occur, improve their relationships with students, and teach with greater success and confidence.

About the Author:

Vance Austin, PhD, is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Special Education at Manhattanville College and also teachers part-time in a special high school for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. He has formerly worked full time as a special education teacher in both public and private schools where he accumulated over 25 years of teaching experience and has also taught at several colleges and universities. He has authored many articles and book chapters, and presented at numerous national and international conferences on the topics of effective teaching and behavior management. He lives in Port Chester, NY.

Daniel Sciarra, PhD, LCMHC, NCC, is a psychologist, former school counselor, and Professor of Counselor Education and Director of Counseling programs at Hofstra University. Fluently bilingual in Spanish, he maintains a clinical practice with Latino children, adolescents, and families through the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut. His research interests include multicultural counseling, racial identity development, and the role of the school counselor in the promotion of academic achievement and educational attainment among students of color. He lives in Hempstead, NY.

Review:

“As a college professor of more than 20 years, I very highly recommend it to all educators who wish to promote positive interactions when working with difficult students and disruptive behavior in the classroom. Drs. Austin and Sciarra provide a fantastically clear understanding of the framework of good teaching. Their emphasis on the quality of the teacher-student relationship and the development of a sound pedagogical schema is easy to understand and rich with current research, real-world examples, and practical strategies for educators. This is a very impressive, accessible, and extremely well-written book―an outstanding read.”
- George Giuliani, JD, PsyD, Associate Professor, Hofstra University