Motivating Defiant and Disruptive Students to Learn

Motivating Defiant and Disruptive Students to Learn gives teachers solutions to a broad spectrum on behavioral issues, from preventative methods to intervention best practices.

This accessible, step-by-step guide will be an indispensible resource for new and veteran teachers, offering easy-to-implement methods for classroom management and student engagement tailored to individual student needs.

With increasing class size and ever increasing student diversity, this book provides teachers with the strategies and scaffolding needed to have confidence and control, allowing them to focus on instruction and learning and avoiding burnout.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction to Student Motivation

2. Engaging the Defiant and Disruptive Student

3. Behavior Improvement Strategies

4. Differentiated Discipline

5. Academic Motivation

6. Students with Deficiencies in the General Education Classroom

7. Building Winning Relationships

8. Class Closure

9. Concluding Thoughts

References Index

REVIEWS

'Rich Korb has a wealth of experience in dealing with the defiant and alienated students who disrupt classes and other students learning. This valuable book provides strong support on important cultural changes and student behavior management that will provide an inclusive and engaging school environment for all students.'

Neil MacNeill, Principal Western Australia

'This book offers very specific ways a classroom teacher can implement behavior modifications when the school does not have a strong behavior system in place. The detailed, step-by-step methods of implementing the behavior modification provides teachers something they can read, and begin using immediately.'

Michelle Strom, Middle School Language Arts Teacher

Author Bio

Rich Korb has thirty-three years of educational experience as a successful educator and consultant working with difficult and at-risk students. He has taught both general and special education at all levels and has served as Youth Ranch Director of Education for delinquent youth.

His experience in working with difficult and defiant students has led him to develop a wealth of practical ideas that teachers and administrators can put to use immediately. He knows what works and what doesn't work when dealing with disruptive and defiant students.

Rich is also a sought-after presenter, and author of Motivating Defiant and Disruptive Students to Learn, Powerful Strategies for Working Effectively with Difficult, Noncompliant Students, and Accelerating Achievement Through Purposeful Assessment. Rich is an adjunct faculty member for Seattle Pacific University and Brandman University Chapman University Systems, where he teaches a course in how to work with defiant and disruptive students.