Sue Roffey has been a teacher, educational psychologist and an academic. She is now an Honorary Associate Professor at Exeter University, UK, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Western Sydney University, Australia. She is also Director of Growing Great Schools Worldwide.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The oven: the emotional climate of the classroom
Circle solutions and the ASPIRE principles
The team 1
Traditional approaches to behaviour
Alternatives to a behaviourist model
Adolescents and their development

Ingredients

Content

Section 1: getting things done

Lateness to school / lessons

Inattention

Avoidance strategies

Disorganization

Helplessness

Procrastination

Distracted by others

Starting but not finishing set work

Disengagement

Perfectionism

Refusal to do differentiated work

Section 2: dealing with disruption

A noisy classroom

Off-task conversations

Pushing and poking others

Fidgeting, humming and other noises

Attention-seeking silliness

Frequent interruptions

Over-the-top behaviour

Uniform infringements:

Inappropriate personal care

Using technology for personal use in class

Disruption to learning caused by erratic attendance

Section 3: social interactions

Dominant behaviour

Stealing

Lying and blaming others

Cheating

Trying to buy friendship

Everyone is against me

Personal hygiene

Keeping up an image

Groups who challenge

Section 4: coping with conflict

Verbal rudeness to staff

Non-verbal disrespect

Ignoring requests / walking away

Fighting

Bringing weapons to school

Bullying and intimidation

Cyber-bullying

Derogatory name-calling

Section 5: emotional distress

Outbursts of anger

Unprovoked aggression

Frequent episodes of distress / crying

Destructive behaviour (own work)

Destructive behaviour (other people's work and possessions)

High levels of anxiety

Depression

Negativity

Section 6: behaviours of special concern

Obsessive or ritualistic behaviour

Eating difficulties

Sexually explicit behaviour

Self-harm - cutting

Considering suicide

Unsafe risk taking

Blurring of boundaries between fantasy and reality

Resources - and further reading / viewing

References