About this ebook
This second edition of Jarlath O’Brien’s insightful, practical guide for teachers, and those training to teach, combines psychological research, authentic classroom experience and the lessons learned from improving behaviour in schools. You will be challenged to think about your own practice, question accepted orthodoxies and to develop an empowered and confident approach to improve the behaviour of the children you teach.
This new edition includes:
· A new chapter on how to work with a class where behaviour isn’t good enough
· New, expanded discussion of bullying
· A new ‘How would you deal with this situation?’ feature exploring tricky scenarios
· A new interview feature offering useful perspectives from early career teachers
· A new further reading feature so you can explore selected topics in more depth
About the author
Jarlath has been a teacher for over two decades. He has worked in comprehensive, independent, selective and special education, including in schools for children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, and severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties. Since 2011 Jarlath has been a Headteacher and Executive Headteacher.Jarlath is a behaviour columnist for TES, has written for The Guardian and for several other education publications and trains teachers on behaviour, school leadership and special educational needs. He is also the author of Better Behaviour’s sister publication, Leading Better Behaviour: A Guide for School Leaders.
