Alisha R. Pollastri – författare

Challenging students lack the skill—not the will—to behave. The authors’ evidence-based approach allows teachers to dramatically reduce challenging classroom behaviours while helping even the most disruptive students gain the skills they need to succeed inside and outside the classroom. Step-by-step guidance and exercises are provided to help K– 12 educators implement the CPS model in both general and special-education settings.

When students miss class, forget homework and misbehave, they lack the skill rather than the will to succeed. With this philosophy in mind, this Guide provides a clear framework for working with students to address challenging behaviour. This Guide offers proven steps for solving a problem collaboratively with a student:Empathise: Clarify the student's concernShare your concernCollaborate: Brainstorm, assess and choose a solution to tryFrom youth psychology experts J. Stuart Ablon and Alisha R. Pollastri, this easy-to-follow Guide is an essential tool for tackling challenging student behaviour effectively, collaboratively and compassionately.Each 8.5" x 11" multi-panel guide is laminated for extra durability and 3-hole-punched for binder storage.

J. Stuart Ablon and Alisha R. Pollastri, authors of The School Discipline Fix, present this Quick Reference Guide to their Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) approach for changing child behaviour in mental health and home settings. This must-have resource distills the multistep approach into six easy-to-follow panels, in the convenient form of an 8.5"×11" laminated card for in-the-moment reference.Here, clinical staff, parents, guardians and other CPS trainees will find crucial information about the guiding philosophy of the approach; the cognitive skills that contribute to children’s behaviour; the key aspects of a CPS assessment; information on planning and prioritising the treatment; and step-by-step instructions for completing CPS itself.