First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis, an informa company.

Primary and secondary teachers who experience difficult behaviour from young children in their classrooms will welcome this handbook, first published in 1997 and now revised and updated, which encourages an objective approach to tackling behaviour problems. The strategies aim to: help the teacher gain back control of the classroom and feel positive about helping the pupil settle to work; present an observation method that measures the frequency and context of difficult behaviour; help the teacher to form useful definitions from identified patterns of behaviour; and present practical, realistic strategies that can be followed step by step or used for inspiration.;Teachers, SENCOs and pastoral staff in mainstream and special schools can use these tried and tested strategies over and over again in the classroom. The book should also be useful for teacher training courses, educational psychologists and for senior management staff who are setting up behaviour policies in schools.