Listening and Attention Challenges (Teasing, Tattling, Defiance and More Book 4)

When children struggle to listen, they struggle to learn, and they disrupt their classmates€ learning, too. What can you do? This short, practical Responsive Classroom guide offers strategies you can use with your students right away.

In just under 35 pages, veteran educator Margaret Berry Wilson shows you practical steps to take when students struggle to listen and pay attention. You€ll learn:

• Why listening is hard for children (sometimes it€s simply that they don€t know how to listen)
• Proactive ways to build up students€ €œlistening muscles€ (for example, teach what listening looks, sounds, and feels like, and give them lots of opportunities to practice)
• Ways to respond in the moment when a student is not listening (reminding, redirecting, and using proximity are three key strategies)
• What to do if a child continues to struggle to listen (inviting the student€s input is one helpful technique)
• How to talk to parents about their child€s listening struggles and what you€re doing to help (along with tips, there€s a handy chart of language that can foster parent-teacher communication)

Noticing other common misbehaviors? Check out all the books in this series. Each one zeroes in on a behavior€"listening and attention challenges, disengagement, teasing, cliques, tattling, silliness and showing off, too much physical contact, dishonesty, or frustrations and meltdowns€"with practical strategies from the Responsive Classroom approach, a research-based way of teaching associated with greater teacher effectiveness, higher student achievement, and improved school climate.