How to Reach and Teach Children with Challenging Behavior (K-8): Practical, Ready-to-Use Interventions That Work

by Kaye Otten, Jodie Tuttle

Interventions for students who exhibit challenging behavior Written by behavior specialists Kaye Otten and Jodie Tuttle--who together have 40 years of experience working with students with challenging behavior in classroom settings--this book offers educators a practical approach to managing problem behavior in schools. It is filled with down-to-earth advice, ready-to-use forms, troubleshooting tips, recommended resources, and teacher-tested strategies. Using this book, teachers are better able to intervene proactively, efficiently, and effectively with students exhibiting behavior problems. The book includes research-backed support for educators and

Instructions for creating and implementing an effective class-wide behavior management program Guidelines for developing engaging lessons and activities that teach and support positive behavior Advice for assisting students with the self-regulation and management their behavior and emotions

Genres: Teaching, Education, Parenting

336 pages, Paperback

First published November 8, 2010

Reviews

[Stephanie Mckenna]

I think this book has fantastic strategies to use with kids who have behavior issues. I teach 5th graders in sped and many of them have emotional/behavior disorders. I have bookmarked so many pages for strategies that I plan to try!

[Allison Roy]

Finished this today, but I’ve been reading it for work during weird times when there are not kids at school (or I get assigned to work at COVID test sites). So it’s been a year of reading this piecemeal. I think I liked “How to Reach and Teach Children Who Hurt” a little bit more than this one, but still good. ⁣
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A note, I’m not a teacher (although I have a Masters in Edu), undergrad is in Env Bio but I spent some years working with kids in residential/foster care/juvenile detention settings. Atm I work as a partner in a school and usually help with behavior management/student engagement. I can tell you right now that teachers ARE NOT prepared for the behaviors that come into their classes. Through no fault of their own mind you, but the educational system is deeply flawed. ⁣
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I honestly feel like anyone who works with kids and the general public needs to be trained in de-escalation techniques. But adults really need to be in control of themselves before all that. I digress....⁣
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This book does have some good stuff and some techniques I’m going to be bringing with me to summer school and the next school year. ⁣
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Although I come in with residential/juvie behavioral techniques the good thing about this book is they aligned quite similarly, just in an educational setting. I’m not talking physical restraint but the NUMEROUS ways of dealing with problematic behavior. ⁣
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Poor behavior is usually a sign of a need not being met, so it’s kind if up to us to help these kids figure out what those needs are and work through it. ⁣ 🍎
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[Julie]

Students may experience significant difficulties at school for myriad reasons. Whatever the issue might be, children in the US are entitled to free and appropriate public education, making it essential for educators to provide students with the skills that they need to succeed. Seasoned educators Kaye Otten and Jodie Tuttle share proven strategies for understanding, mitigating, and changing challenging student behaviors. The goal is to give students the tools necessary for managing their behavior in the classroom and beyond. Doing so will allow them to have successful educational, personal, and (eventually) professional experiences. Otten and Tuttle’s friendly and accessible writing style demystifies the behavioral intervention process, making this book a must-have for anyone who works with students.

[Christine]

Has some good strategies for analyzing behavior issues but most of the ideas for actually dealing with them are not feasible unless you have a small class (like self-contained) and/or a co-teacher or aide individually working with a student worth behavior issues. Definitely not feasible for special area teachers who have hundreds of students and only have 40 minutes a week with each class to keep track of all these things for potentially dozens of students.

[Ashley Wilson]

Easy read with great practical ideas.

[Amanda Gose]

Easy read with potential classroom interventions. I would’ve liked reading something that was more geared towards high school students, as some concepts don’t necessarily apply to seniors.

[Danielle G]

A nice easy read with good foundational concepts and strategies. More geared towards professionals who do NOT have extensive behavior training

[Jen]

A great book with tons of resources for this challenging, hard to reach kiddos in your class. This was a required text for an Advanced behavior course, but I actually took a ton of notes and highlighted enough of the book that my synopsis would be quite long in and of itself.