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Children Don’t Come With an Instruction Manual:
A Teacher’s Guide to Problems that Affect Learners
Wendy L. Moss, PhD, ABPP, FAASP
Foreword by Donald A. Moses, M. D.
Pub Date: April 2004, 192 pages
Paperback: $23.95, ISBN: 0807744433
Cloth: $48, ISBN: 0807744441
 
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"Outstanding! Dr. Moss's clear, concise identification, explanation, and suggested solutions of the broad range of difficulties affecting students in the classroom situation make this reference guide a ‘must have’ for all teachers."
—Irene M. Lober, Professor Emerita, SUNY–New Paltz"Children's behavior can often be baffling to even experienced teachers. Dr. Moss's book provides a concise and comprehensive guide to understanding, assessing, and responding to the many possible causes of classroom behavior. An indispensable resource that teachers will turn to again and again"
—Noemi Balinth, Clinical Psychologist, Past President of the New York State Psychological Association "This extremely useful tool has empowered me to observe and assist students directly in a more meaningful way. I now have the opportunity to pass along a higher level of information about students to the school-based support team."
—Leslie Solomon, First Grade Teacher, New York City Increasingly, teachers are called upon to guide children toward being emotionally healthy, socially adept, and academically successful. This concise manual will help educators recognize and deal with a variety of nonacademic issues that can hamper a child’s classroom performance. Included are: - Definitions and descriptions of underlying problems and disorders.
- Interpretations of childhood symptoms, such as fear, emotional outbursts, hyperactivity, withdrawal, and inappropriate behaviors.
- A chapter devoted to understanding children’s reactions to violence, whether witnessed or experienced directly.
- Appropriate intervention points for children having difficulties, and guidance on how to recognize the need for professional assistance.
- Case summaries demonstrating the behaviors discussed and the most positive steps taken by teachers to improve lives—including the voices of the students, parents, and teachers involved."
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