Education Assistant

This practical guide gives essential advice on: understanding emotional and behavioural problems; building good communication skills; managing behaviours in the classroom; and developing an effective learning environment. Throughout each chapter there are exercises set or questions asked to facilitate embedding knowledge and skills. Chapters also contain multiple choice quizzes for you to reflect on what you have learnt." "This book is also for Classroom Aides, Classroom Assistants, Educational Assistants, Learning Support Assistants, Paraeducators, Special Needs Assistants, TAs, Teacher Aides and Teacher Assistants.--Description

This text provides a pragmatic, comprehensive and eclectic overview of the challenges teachers and other professionals face working with students with emotional and behavior disorders, and addresses issues and topics not covered in other texts on the subject. A functional guide, it combines the different developmental theories with the practical applications for the four facets of emotional and behavior disorders, and ensures the success of all students with EBD by remaining keenly focused on meeting all of their unique needs giving equal attention to the behavioral, social, academic, and emotional sides.--Description

Young people with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD - sometimes called'SEBD'or'EBD') need effective and consistent support, yet providing this can be highly stressful and demanding for the practitioners involved. Complete with practical intervention strategies based on research, theory and practice, this comprehensive handbook provides practitioners with the information and tools they need to deal with BESD in a way that is of benefit to them as well as to the children they work with.--Description