Brian D. Mendler

Power Struggles: Successful Techniques for Educators Brian D. Mendler Second edition

It's every educator's worst nightmare: a small classroom disruption evolves into a long-term, lose-lose classroom battle. In the second edition of Power Struggles, the authors offer a watertight set of theories, strategies, and preventions on how to defuse classroom disturbances while maintaining integrity and dignity along the way.

At the root of this resource you'll find real-world stories of these strategies in action. Thoughtful activities and easy-to-learn methods of intervention will guide and support you. And, after developing a refined understanding of the root causes of misbehavior, you'll embark on a path toward creating deeper, more meaningful learning in a behaviorally diverse classroom.

Benefits

* Details the hostility cycle, and where you can break it

* Offers in-class and out-of-class strategies for relationship building

* Outlines ways defiant students can be successful in the classroom

* Illustrates effective language for difficult or resistant students

* Discusses how to use an "interest inventory" to stay attuned to your student s needs