50 Top Tips for Managing Behaviour

Dave Stott has worked within education for almost 30 years, in mainstream, special needs and local authority behaviour support services. His experience includes direct teaching, providing professional development to teaching and non-teaching staff, family liaison (parents and carers) and reintegration work for children with challenging behaviours returning to mainstream. He has been a headteacher and is now a successful consultant and trainer. Dave is also the author and editor of Behaviour Matters, the online e-bulletin (www.teachingexpertise.com).

• Introduction  Author's note  Acknowledgements  Tip 1 Behaviour management during cover lessons  Tip 2 Behaviour planning  Tip 3 Body language  Tip 4 Building positive relationships with 'difficult' students  Tip 5 Bullying  Tip 6 Chronic misbehaviour  Tip 7 Concentration  Tip 8 Conflict  Tip 9 Consequences  Tip 10 Creating an appropriate environment  Tip 11 Crowd control  Tip 12 Deflect the pressure  Tip 13 Empathy  Tip 14 Ensuring consistency from staff  Tip 15 Establishing a whole school ethos  Tip 16 Exclusions  Tip 17 Flexibility  Tip 18 Gaining attention  Tip 19 Home-school contact  Tip 20 Learning techniques from colleagues  Tip 21 Low-level techniques  Tip 22 Lunchtime  Tip 23 Making good behavioural choices  Tip 24 New school year  Tip 25 Non-verbal communication  Tip 26 Non-verbal reinforcement  Tip 27 Observing student behaviour  Tip 28 Off task but not disrupting  Tip 29 One-to-one conversations  Tip 30 Passive and aggressive adult behaviour  Tip 31 Peer pressure  Tip 32 Plenary evaluations  Tip 33 Proactive and positive  Tip 34 Recognising early warning signs  Tip 35 Responding to confrontation  Tip 36 Rewards  Tip 37 Rules  Tip 38 Sarcasm or humour?  Tip 39 Seeking help  Tip 40 Self-calming techniques  Tip 41 Sent out  Tip 42 Serotonin time  Tip 43 Speaking and listening skills  Tip 44 Systems and routines  Tip 45 Tactical ignoring  Tip 46 Teaching assistants  Tip 47 Timed reminders  Tip 48 Visibility  Tip 49 Voice matching  Tip 50 Who wants the last word?  References

'Stott gets right to the point by describing 50 behaviour management problems and leaving the reader with a tip for each. It is easily readable and exudes an air of calm from Tip 1 (Behaviour Management During Cover Lessons - Top Tip: Establish Simple Procedures) to Tip 50 (Who Wants the Last Word - Top Tip: Scripted Responses Work - Reaction Inflames). The format allows the reader to jump to the area of interest without trawling through lengthy descriptions and is therefore easy to dip into during a spare 10 minutes.' - Speech and Language Therapy in Practice