Calming Classroom Chaos: An Educator’s Guide to Strategies and a Different Perspective on Behavior

When we consider the WHY behind behavior, we can react differently with an open mind and heart. Student behavior often dictates the dynamic of a classroom, and educators must manage their environment to provide a safe, supportive space for all students to thrive. School presents unique challenges for kids who struggle with focused attention, behavioral regulation, and underdeveloped skills. Calming Classroom Chaos explains the role of sensory processing in behavior and discusses how executive functioning skills impact academic success. Since our assumptions of student behavior influence the strategies we might use to help a child, this book presents many ideas to broaden the explanations behind possible challenges students face. Our interpretation of any situation affects our expectations and the outcome. This changes how we engage with a student. How we respond is everything.

Empower yourself with knowledge and tools.

This book includes:

• Targeted interventions for specific behavioral challenges in the classroom

• Research-proven knowledge utilized by occupational therapists to address a child’s difficulties with regulation and behavior

• A summary of nervous system and brain-based functions that play a primary role in behavior and learning

• A review of specific disabilities and the IEP (Individualized Education Program) and 504 special education process

A fresh outlook and an effective toolbox have the potential to further inspire lasting change in the lives of your students.

Kristin Martinsen Robison has been an occupational therapist practicing in Nevada for over two decades. She holds a Master's Degree in occupational therapy from Midwestern University and a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Washington. She authored Understanding Your Child’s Behavior — A Parent's Guide to Helping a Unique Child Thrive, and contributed to the textbook Leading Schools with Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (SEAD). Her private practice specializes in regulation deficits and the management of behavioral issues with consultation services for educators and parents.