Mendler, Allen N

A guide for teachers suggesting attitudes that promote happiness, including knowledge of what to do when other people interfere with teaching students, confidence to express thoughts and expectations to parents, colleagues, and students, and influence in the face of disagreeable policies and curricula.

Offers educators practical advice and strategies on classroom discipline, with real-life situations and suggestions for handling them in an effective manner.

Provides practical guidance for avoiding power struggles with students, discussing the hostility cycle and covering intervention, reframing, and defusing as well as how to deal with the rest of the class.

Discusses fundamental principles and goals pertaining to discipline strategies in school situations, focusing on topics such as teachers' responsibility to students; the use of motivation instead of discipline; and ways to use difficult behavior as a chance to provide instruction.

Presents a practical guide for teachers and administrators that provides five strategies for motivating and encouraging students.

Offers teachers practical strategies for dealing with unruly students, difficult parents, and classroom distractions.

Offers educators practical advice and strategies on classroom discipline, with real-life situations and suggestions for handling various situations in an effective manner.