Taking the Stress Out of Bad Behaviour: Behaviour Management of 3-11 Year Olds Book

Acknowledgements     xi
Terminology clarification     xiii
Introduction     xv
Typical behaviours across the age phases     1
Three years old and using the word 'No!'     1
Four years old and being just too eager to please     4
Five years old and using 'naughty' words     7
Six years old and learning how to hurt the feelings of others     9
Seven years old and the formation of 'groovy gangs'     13
Eight years old and coping with criticism     15
Nine/ten years old and a 'sudden stirring of emotions'     18
Eleven years old and just 'too cool' for school     22
Behaviours which affect the quality of teaching in the classroom     27
'Great! Miss isn't here!' Misbehaving for PPA/supply cover     27
'When you are quite ready!' Settling children on the carpet     30
Wriggle, wriggle, fidget and wriggle! Restlessness on the carpet     33
'Miss! Here! I know! Ask me! Ask me! It's - !' Children who shout out the answers     36
'Swwswsswsswswswww!' Children who talk over practitioners     39
'Grrrrrrrrr!' Children who interrupt practitioners     42
'Hum hum hum hum hum!' Children who hum in class     45
'I've...forgotten!' Forgetting the answerto questions asked     48
Behaviours which affect the quality of learning in the classroom     53
'Eh? What? Where? Why? What's that?' Children and concentration in the classroom     53
'Erm...er...umm...what?' Forgetfulness in the classroom     55
'I can't!' The child who thinks she cannot do anything     59
Oh so laaaazzzzzzzzzy! Lazy children in the classroom     62
WHOOOOOOOSH! 'Finished!' The child who rushes his work     66
Plod Plod! Tick Tock! Plod Plod! The child who takes for ever to complete his work     69
Too the loo! Children who make frequent visits to the toilet     73
'You're late! You're late! For a very important...lesson!' Children who arrive late to class     76
Behaviours on the playground     79
Fisticuffs! Children who fight in the playground     79
HIY YAA! Children who kick others     82
OUCH! 'She bit me!' When children bite     84
'Oh! My leg! I think I've broken it!' Faking injuries on the playground     88
Hock Toth! Spitting in the playground     92
Trying to keep an eye on all of them: Children and the boundaries of the playground     94
'Hold my hand!' Children who seek physical contact from practitioners     97
'Just stop it, will you?' The child who deliberately interferes with others' game play     100
'Testing' behaviours     105
The 'Bully' and the 'Bullied': Children and bullying at school     105
Moody Two Shoes! Moody children - normal or not?     109
'Why don't you just f*** off!' Swearing in the classroom     112
'Miss, is that right?' Children who need constant reassurance     115
Scribble de scribble! The child who draws on other children's work     119
Having an accident: Children who soil themselves     122
'Move back! Move away from me!' Children who invade others' personal space     125
'That's woman's work, that is!' Children who make sexist or racist comments     129
Behaviours and children's personalities     133
'I know! I knew that! I know everything!' The Know-It-All in class     133
YAAAAWWWWWWN! The 'bored' child     135
'You'll never guess what...!' Children and idle gossiping     138
All on my own: The loner child     142
'Look at me! Look at me! La la la!' The class 'clown'     145
'I didn't do it!' Children who tell lies     148
'Umm...well...erm...well...I...' Shyness in the classroom     151
Tears flowing freely! Children who cry in class     156
Behaviours and social skills      159
'Where are your manners?' The children with no manners     159
Push, pushes, pushing, pushed! Children who push in/push others     162
'All you've got to give me is a little R.E.S.P.E.C.T.' Being respectful in the classroom     164
'RARRRRR!' Terrible temper tantrums     167
'Hey you - it's my turn!' Taking turns in the classroom     171
Magpies in the classroom! Children who steal things     175
Pickity Pick Pick! Nose picking in class!     178
Parp! Fuuuuuut! Bhhrrrrrr! Sounds and smells in the classroom     180
Behaviours and whole-school events and occasions     183
Worth-ship? Children and collective worship     183
'I've come in today to talk to you about...' Visiting guest speakers     185
Musical Madness! Whole-school singing practice     188
Class assemblies and the children who do not take any notice of them     192
Food, glorious food! Dinnertime in schools     195
'They speak to me like muck!' Children's behaviours towards midday supervisors     198
Super or stressful Sports Day? Sports Day at school     202
End of the day mayhem! Children and hometime     205
Behaviours and educational needs     209
Selective mutism in the classroom     209
Children with Asperger Syndrome     212
Children who suffer with dyspraxia     215
Managing children with autistic tendencies     220
Supporting gifted children in the classroom     224
Children with Tourette's Syndrome     228
Children with ADHD     232
Managing children with physical impairments     235
Situations and possible solutions     241
Squash! Squidge! Splat! Children who deliberately kill living things     241
Ag...gres...SION! The 'aggressive' child     244
Feeling low: Children suffering from depression     248
Drink and drugs: Children who bring inappropriate items into school     251
Knives, guns and machetes: Weapons found on children in school     254
Swish! Out they go! The child who runs out of class/school     257
'Both hands on top of the table!' Children who masturbate in school     260
'I don't know what to do!' When behavioural issues just become too much     263
Index     267