Power Struggles

by Mendler, Allen N.; Mendler, Brian D.

• ISBN13: 9781935543206
• ISBN10: 1935543202
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-30
• Publisher: Solution Tree

Summary

A typical classroom includes students of considerable behavioral diversity, and maintaining classroom focus is often dependent upon successfully managing disruptive moments. In Power Struggles: Successful Techniques for Educators (Second Edition), authors Allen N. Mendler and Brian D. Mendler provide many different strategies to deal with all levels of difficult and resistant students. Drawing from years of experience, they help teachers understand the root causes of misbehavior and offer practical, step-by-step instructions on how to defuse situations in a way that protects the dignity of all involved and keeps the lesson on track.

Author Biography

Allen N. Mendler, an experienced educator and school psychologist, has consulted for many schools, as well as day and residential centers throughout the world, providing training on classroom management, discipline, and best practices for motivating difficult students. Brian D. Mendler is president of the Teacher Learning Center and a highly sought-after consultant He is also an adjunct professor at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York, where he teaches behavior management and introductory special education classes.

Table of Contents

About the authors	p. ix
Introduction to the second edition	p. 1
When kids push over buttons	p. 3
Preparing for Power Struggles	p. 5
Understanding Why and How Students Misbehave	p. 7
Preparing Students for How You Will Handle Misbehavior	p. 11
Prevention Strategies	p. 15
in-Class Relationship Building	p. 15
Outside-of-School Relationship Building	p. 21
Opportunities for Students to Be in Charge	p. 24
Competence Building	p. 29
Are You Causing or Contributing to Discipline Problems?	p. 32
Questions for Reflection to Help Prevent Power Struggles	p. 34
Intervention strategies	p. 37
Stay Connected to Kids Without Taking What They Do and Say Personally	p. 38
Understand the Hostility Cycle	p. 39
Substitute Less Powerful Words and Images for Those You Find Disturbing	p. 42
Reframe the Situation	p. 42
Defusing Strategies	p. 47
Goals of Defusing	p. 47
Basic Defusing Skills	p. 50
A Defusing Activity	p. 55
Challenging Strategies	p. 59
The Private Three-Step Approach	p. 61
Student Removal and Fallow-Up	p. 62
Student Suspensions	p. 63
The Rest of the Class	p. 65
Power Struggle Scenarios	p. 69
Two Stories	p. 70
Final Thoughts	p. 72
References and resources	p. 75
Index	p. 79
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