This is a guide for teachers who confront discipline problems in their classrooms, covering the root causes of most discipline problems and seven effective tools to prevent and/or minimize those problems. The book addresses differing cultural and socio-economic views on discipline, discipline modification to develop student self-directed behaviour, current brain research on the factors that contribute to off-task behaviour, and more.

Chapters cover:

moving from old-fashioned obedience models to effective student self-management skills, working with on-task and off-task behaviours: motivation, stress, flow, timing, environment, resources, and more, dealing with difficult students and difficult issues, including power, revenge, anger, and poverty, planning that facilitates positive behaviour, using cooperative learning skills, teaching social skills, using strategies for the self-system, focusing on metacognitive skills, a model for classroom management, vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary.