Push Past It!  Resource books often provide tips and tricks for managing challenging behaviours, but what happens when those tactics don’t work? Most teachers give up. Push Past It! brings a raw, real, and at times funny approach to handling challenging behaviours and understanding why most behaviour-management strategies don’t work. Author Angela Searcy shares real-world examples, proven solutions, and new approaches to overcoming classroom disruptions using her PUSH PAST IT approach. Beyond behavioural-management strategies, Push Past It! will teach you how to:

• See children’s behaviour as communication
• Understand what is (and is not) developmentally appropriate behaviour
• Identify when to seek support
• Communicate and listen more effectively
• Help children overcome their own challenging behaviours
• Take care of yourself too!

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From the Back Cover

Resource books often provide tips and tricks for managing challenging behaviours, but what happens when those tactics don’t work? Most teachers give up. Push Past It! brings a raw, real, and at times funny approach to handling challenging behaviours and understanding why most behaviour-management strategies don’t work. Author Angela Searcy shares real-world examples, proven solutions, and new approaches to overcoming classroom disruptions using her PUSH PAST IT approach. Beyond behavioural-management strategies, Push Past It! will teach you how to:

• See children’s behaviour as communication
• Understand what is (and is not) developmentally appropriate behaviour
• Identify when to seek support
• Communicate and listen more effectively
• Help children overcome their own challenging behaviours
• Take care of yourself too!

–This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

Angela Searcy, EdD, has more than 25 years of experience in education, providing services to children and families as a teacher, child-development specialist, and independent consultant. A Former neurodevelopment specialist, she is the owner and founder of Simple Solutions Educational Services, a professional-development company. She is a trainer, a speaker, and a continuing-education instructor at the Erikson Institute in Chicago, Illinois. –This text refers to the paperback edition.

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