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Helping Children Improve Playtime and Lunch-time Behaviour “What can we do with him?  He’s manageable in the classroom, but he’s in trouble everyday in the playground….!” (Apologies for the sexist language but it is often a boy!).  This pack offers teachers and ancillary staff a fund of more that 60 positive worksheet activities to use with children who behave inappropriately at breaktimes.  Produced by a teacher and an educational psychologist, they cover all the usual trouble spots: Bad language; fighting; rudeness; stealing; playing in the toilets.  If you are looking for a positive focus to encourage improved behaviours, then this could be your answer.  Suitable for primary and special schools and year 7.  Copiable teaching resource isbn 1873942958.

€29.30

This book helps teachers to increase their own understanding of the difficulties that some students experience in coping with school.  It promotes a different and innovative way of looking at behaviour change in school, and suggests practical ways to approach difficult students that may help ensure their inclusion in the mainstream context.  The ten key concepts include: Teaching students to analyse and reflect; using targets;  it’s not fair; don’t tell me, show me.  This is an essential resource for those working with troubled and troublesome teenagers, and is written by teachers and psychologists with experience of these challenging pupils.  Teaching resource isbn 187394229X.

€25.60

“Off talk – out of seat – talking out of turn – troubling other children!”.  It is the high frequency of these behaviours by a few pupils that makes it hard for teachers to manage the behaviour of the whole class.  This publication is the first to address these specific behaviours and to provide teachers with a clear and simple set of strategies to: assess the problem; relate targets to IEPs; reduce the unwanted behaviours; increase the desired behaviours.  This book was reprinted within weeks due to the huge demand for this kind of help, for all teachers face this problem in every classroom.  The book includes some attractive, copiable record sheets for recording improved behaviour.  Book isbn 9781412928953.

€26.80

A Behaviour Curriculum The Getting it Right materials provide a motivating, structured and comprehensive programme which aims to offer even the most troubled pupils the opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge, understanding and self-belief which will help them to survive school.  Structured for small group work, the four sections include: Motivating pupils; setting and achieving goals; locus of control; the classroom context.  This resource will be welcomed by all those who work with difficult pupils in assisting their inclusion in mainstream education.  Copiable teaching resource isbn 1873942346.

€35.40

A lack of social and emotional competence can prevent the development of meaningful relationships Open communication and co-operation; decision-making; confronting problems effectively; acceptance of others; responsibility for their own learning and behaviour.  This 20 session programme motivates young people to: Participate actively in learning; behave more appropriately; co-operate more effectively.  Book and CD Rom isbn 1904315313.

€34.20

Thinking Skills and Behaviour Improvement for 9 to 16 years old.  This publication has been inspired by de Bono’s innovative work on CORT thinking.  Michael Hyman initially used this model to help young people with hostile and inconsequential behaviour.  Now modified to suit all pupils, each lesson includes: Full teacher instructions; group activities; photocopiable/printable resources; a CD Rom with all the activity sheets and 18 full colour posters.  This exciting and original resource will: motivate pupils and students to actively participate in lessons; enable teachers to mediate in young people’s thinking processes.  Copiable resource with CD Rom.  ISBN 1904315054.

€42.60

An emotionally literate approach to supporting excluded and disaffected students at Key Stage 2, 3 & 4.  This 15 session programme was adapted to assist students who are disaffected and at risk of exclusion.  Each session provides comprehensive teacher notes, activities and worksheets and concludes with a co-operative group game.  Use is made of ‘Brief Therapy’ interviews and a suggested weekly progress can be monitored and targets set fro the next meeting.  A resource that will help young people function in a reflective way, helping them to: cope more effectively with their feelings learn and practise better ways to behave.  isbn 1904315348.

€34.20

“I believe we have to take an active approach to the issues of violence and harassment.  Throughout my book I have been trying to create an atmosphere of a calm, peaceful forest with the activity and tenacity of a virus – spreading peace along the way. ”This book tells the story of how one school planted a seed of peace that grew and rippled over the years.  A reflective, narrative style explains the experience, followed by critical research into: The gardeners – adult leadership; Planting the seeds – proactive programmes: Tending the garden – response strategies.  The book provides a practical, well structured and well researched approach that will give valuable assistance in creating a peaceful environment.  Book isbn 1904315364.

€24.20