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Lost At School: Why Our Kids With Behavioral Challenges Are Falling Through The Cracks And How We Can Help Them (2008)

by Ross W. Greene(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1416572260 (ISBN13: 9781416572268)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Scribner

review 1: Ross Greene presents these CPS strategies as something novel, but in reality it is something that good educators do regularly. I am an educator and believe that while these strategies work well for the strategic level kid, they do not work well for the intensive level kid. My students are so disregulated so much of the time that hey can't even begin to execute heir plan b when needed. Hey need adults to be in charge and help them feel safe and secure.
review 2: Excellent book on implementing a conflict resolution style of classroom management in a school. Some of the conversations Greene "records" in this book are trite and too simplistic, but at the heart of this is a different way of dealing with problem kids. Greene's theory is that kids who struggle w... moreith behaviour do so because they are lacking fundamental skulls like conflict resolution and task persistence. By teaching these skills to the children, we will then allow them to better integrate into the classroom and give them the skills they need in life.It's a good theory. I have often said about those students who struggle academically, if we don't give them the strategy to deal with their issues, they will develop strategies of their own. The problem is that the strategy they come up with generally serves to mask the problem or divert attention away from it and is not a strategy that will lead to them becoming successful adults. It is not the strategy we want them to have.This book then feeds right into that. They are acting out because they don't know how else to behave and it is our job to teach them. It is a must read for any teacher or administrator. It should also be mandatory in Teacher's College. less

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