Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

includes index and biblioraphy

Defining EBD Self-esteem The causes of EBD Assessment Treatment Summary You as a Teacher Your personality Your ability to manage personal stress Your interpersonal skills with pupils Your interpersonal skills with colleagues Your verbal communication skills Your writing skills Your dress sense Your administrative abilities Summary Your Teaching Room 22 The geography of your teaching room 23 Rules for the classroom 31 Learning Support Assistants, Teaching Assistants and volunteers 33 Summary 34 4 EBD Pupils` Learning 37 Group work 41 Praise and rewards 42 Flexibility 42 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) 43 Involving parents 43 Summary 44 5 Your Basic Skills 45 Positive language 45 Scanning 48 Interventions 51 Body posture, facial expression and voice 59 Summary 62 6 Your Place in the Whole-school Structure 64 The head teacher 64 Buildings 64 Furniture, equipment and decor 65 The school grounds and whole-school mobility 66 Managing and evaluating behaviour: a whole-school approach 66 The Special Educational Needs Code of Practice 2001 71 Summary 78 7 Communicating With Parents 80 Good communication 85 Understanding, support and respect 86 Summary 90 8 Managing Major Challenges 92 Stage 1: Initial trigger phase 94 Stage 2: Escalation 100 Stage 3: Negative choice and crisis stage 103 Stage 4: Recovery phase 108 Summary 110