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Helping Teachers Manage Disruptive Kids
Knowing how to read and respond to kids' behavior is the first step to a calm classroom
Dr. Nancy Rappaport of Harvard Medical School, author, along with Jessica Minahan, of The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students, discusses strategies teachers can use to help children who are disruptive in the classroom behave appropriately, giving everyone a chance to learn more.
The Behavior Code is available from Harvard Education Press.
Published: April 13, 2012
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