When students are upset, they may bite, kick, hit, pull hair, or attack anyone close, including a teacher. Thus, it is helpful for teachers to know some basic techniques for self protection to avoid personal injury. Johns and Carr (1995) provide several useful suggestions for various aggressive behaviors that are briefly summarized below. We recommend… Read more »

Putting Your Reactions To Rest There are hundreds of decisions made by the teacher every school day. Allthese decisions have an impact on those in the classroom. Restraint is important in making good teaching decisions. Teachers can improve their decisions in the classroom by increasing their restraint of their own anger to students’ negative reactions…. Read more »