| Understanding and Supporting Children with ADHD: Strategies for Teachers, Parents and Other Professionals Contributor(s): Hughes, Lesley A. (Author), Cooper, Paul W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1412918618 ISBN-13: 9781412918619 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $58.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can be hard to include in a mainstream classroom, and managing their behavior is often a challenge. Drawing directly from classroom experience, this book shows how to use effective management strategies to improve behavior in the classroom and at home. This interdisciplinary approach provides teachers with: ??Strategies to deal with disruptive behaviors??Methods for channeling??children's positive characteristics??Advice on supporting and guiding parents??Behavior management techniques to promote positive change??Guidelines for collaborating??and building partnerships with other professionals |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Special Education - Learning Disabilities - Education | Classroom Management |
| Dewey: 371.94 |
| LCCN: 2006932948 |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 8.37" W x 11.15" (0.66 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Mentally Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Discover how to use effective interdisciplinary management strategies to deal with disruptive behaviors and channel children′s positive characteristics in the classroom and at home |
Contributor Bio(s): Cooper, Paul W.: - Paul Cooper is Chair Professor of Special Education at the Hong Kong Institute of Educatiion, and Visiting Professor at the University of Malta. His former Professor of Education at the University of Leicester, and has held academic posts at Birmingham, Oxford and Cambridge Universities. His main interests are interventions for Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties and mental health in schools, and applications of the biopsychosocial approach to these issues. He is Vice president of the Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Association; Founding co-Chair of the European network for Social Emotional Competence, and Co-editor of the International Journal of Emotional Education. |