Developed in conjunction with teachers, The Secondary Behaviour Cookbook provides highly effective, practical strategies for responding to and resolving behavioural issues in secondary schools.
Consisting of over fifty ‘recipes’, the book’s unique format enables teachers and practitioners to quickly and easily access information and advice on dealing with specific behaviours. Each ‘recipe’ details strategies and interventions for immediate application in the classroom setting, considers possible causes of the given behaviour, and offers helpful approaches for responding to young people’s needs in the longer term. From disorganization and lateness, to attention-seeking and destructive behaviours, bullying, anxiety and depression, the book’s sections cover a broad spectrum of behaviours falling within six broad categories:
- Getting Things Done: supporting positive student engagement and achievement
- Dealing with Disruption: increasing motivation and skills to facilitate learning
- Social Interactions: resolving problematic situations that occur between pupils.
- Coping with Conflict: addressing conflict in and out of the classroom, including aspects of bullying and discrimination
- Emotional Distress: understanding distress and developing coping strategies
- Behaviours of Special Concern: recognising behaviours associated with autism, trauma, abuse or poor mental wellbeing.
Underpinned by positive psychology, and emphasising the importance of constructive relationships, communication, inclusion, wellbeing and resilience, this is an indispensable resource for secondary school teachers and educators, behaviour support consultants, SENDCOs and educational psychologists.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The oven: the emotional climate of the classroom
Circle solutions and the ASPIRE principles
The team 1
Traditional approaches to behaviour
Alternatives to a behaviourist model
Adolescents and their development
Ingredients
Content
Section 1: getting things done
Lateness to school / lessons
Inattention
Avoidance strategies
Disorganization
Helplessness
Procrastination
Distracted by others
Starting but not finishing set work
Disengagement
Perfectionism
Refusal to do differentiated work
Section 2: dealing with disruption
A noisy classroom
Off-task conversations
Pushing and poking others
Fidgeting, humming and other noises
Attention-seeking silliness
Frequent interruptions
Over-the-top behaviour
Uniform infringements:
Inappropriate personal care
Using technology for personal use in class
Disruption to learning caused by erratic attendance
Section 3: social interactions
Dominant behaviour
Stealing
Lying and blaming others
Cheating
Trying to buy friendship
Everyone is against me
Personal hygiene
Keeping up an image
Groups who challenge
Section 4: coping with conflict
Verbal rudeness to staff
Non-verbal disrespect
Ignoring requests / walking away
Fighting
Bringing weapons to school
Bullying and intimidation
Cyber-bullying
Derogatory name-calling
Section 5: emotional distress
Outbursts of anger
Unprovoked aggression
Frequent episodes of distress / crying
Destructive behaviour (own work)
Destructive behaviour (other people’s work and possessions)
High levels of anxiety
Depression
Negativity
Section 6: behaviours of special concern
Obsessive or ritualistic behaviour
Eating difficulties
Sexually explicit behaviour
Self-harm - cutting
Considering suicide
Unsafe risk taking
Blurring of boundaries between fantasy and reality
Resources - and further reading / viewing
References
