Designed for working with students in grades 6-12, this practical manual helps educators understand the underlying psychological issues that often contribute to academic, behavioral, or social dysfunction in the classroom. It addresses over 90 common problems or concerns that teachers observe on a daily basis, such as teasing, bullying, laziness, cheating, fighting, daydreaming, lying, shyness, clowning, procrastination, Tardiness, irresponsibility, test failure, and lack of friends. Individual problems are discussed and analyzed from the perspective of eight different areas: Academic, Environmental, Intellectual, Linguistic, Medical, Perceptual, Psychological, and Social. Possible causes for each difficulty and practical, step-by-step suggestions for interventions are described. Book Review "These books serve as basic refernce tools for anyone dealing with children and adolescents on a regular basis. They will not only help teachers and youth workers identify problems early on, but will help them to begin to understand the depth of issues that may be involved." —Youth Today Contents: Common Classroom Problems and Concerns Absences, unexcused Academic failure, overall Activity level, high Activity level, low Aggression, verbal Anger and annoyance Anxiety Argumentativeness Attention, need for immediate Attention seeking Attention span, short Attitude, tough Bathroom visits, frequent Blaming others Body piercing Bothering others Boy or girl craziness Bullying Cheating Class work, not handing in Clowning Clumsiness Comments and noises, inappropriate Competitiveness Concepts, difficulty grasping Controlling behavior Criticism, inability to handle Criticism of others Criticism of self Crying Cursing Daydreaming Defying authority Depression Destroying own work Destroying others' property Directions, inability to follow verbal Directions, inability to follow written Distractibility Drop-out potential Excuses Fatigue Fear of adults Fear of new situations Fighting Follower role Forgetfulness Friends, lack of Gang participation Hesitance Homework, failure to complete Homework, taking too long to complete Impulsivity Inconsistency Inflexibility Insecurity Interest in school, lack of Interrupting the teacher Intrusiveness Irresponsibility Judgment, poor Laziness Listening difficulties Lying Motivation, lack of Notes, writing and passing Nurse visits Organization, lack of Overreactivity Panic Participation, lack of Pleasing behavior, excessive Popularity, high Popularity, low Procrastination Questions, excessive Risky behavior Seated, difficulty remaining Shyness Slow starting Smoking Squinting Stealing Stories, making up Stubbornness Substance abuse Suicidal behavior Tardiness Teasing Test failure Tuning out Twitches or tics Victimized, being About the Authors: Roger Pierangelo, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education and Literacy at Long Island University. He has years of experience as a regular classroom teacher, school psychologist, and administrator of psychology programs. Dr. Pierangelo has served as director of a private clinic and consultant to numerous private and public schools. He is a New York State licensed clinical psychologist, certified school psychologist, and Diplomate Fellow in Forensic Psychology. He is the author of a number of books on special education, parenting, transition services, and assessment. George A. Giuliani, Psy.D., is Assistant Professor at Hofstra University's School of Education and Allied Human Services in the Department of Counseling, Research, Special Education, and Rehabilitation. Dr. Giuliani is a Diplomate Fellow in Forensic Psychology. |