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9 practical and ready-to-use guides to help kindergarten, primary and lower secondary school teachers know, recognise and manage some of the most frequent problematic behaviours that can occur in classes with pupils with Autism, ODD, ADHD and Hyperactivity. The clear and concise illustrated guides, written in the style of a Teacher Training notebook, suggest strategies, correct behaviours to be adopted and actions to be avoided in certain contexts in order to intervene promptly and adequately.
TEACHER-TRAINING
Teacher Training aims to make teachers understand the cognitive functioning of children and young people with a disorder (developmental, behavioural, psychiatric), so that they can apply specific and therefore more effective educational and teaching techniques, and develop a common language with the clinicians involved in the care of the child/young adult.
Structure of the guides
Each volume is introduced by a short theoretical section dedicated to the presentation of the type of disorder, then followed by the descriptions of the problem behaviours that are most frequently encountered in the classroom divided into chapters.
Each chapter is structured as follows:
At the beginning of each chapter, a drawing introduces the analysed behaviour.
• Explanations of the problem behaviour being considered: Why does he/she do this?
• Brief and simple indications that can be useful to the teacher as a reference point for quickly deciding What to do and reflect on What to avoid.
• A more in-depth description of the specific problem behaviourbeing worked on: Analysis of the problem behaviour.
• The tools and educational strategies to create the intervention: How to intervene.
Each chapter closes with The expert advice: reflections to further understand and enrich the teacher’s “briefcase of educational tools”.
THE VOLUMES IN THE SERIES
Hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention
Sara Pezzica
Children at school may have frequent need to move around, difficulties in sitting, playing quietly and maintaining attention to the assigned work. This guide explains how to successfully deal with the typical challenging behaviours of hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention in kindergarten.
Autism
Marco Pontis
People with autism tend to be alone, often avoiding eye contact and are reluctant to change. Moreover, they perform repetitive movements, such as swinging or clapping. In this guide, the author presents the most effective strategies to manage a child with autism in primary school, and offers clear and concise indications on what to do and what to avoid.
ADHD
Donatella Arcangeli
Children with ADHD – a neurodevelopmental disorder – may present learning, behaviour, temperament and anxiety disorders – characteristics that may be more or less pronounced in the impairment. This guide presents targeted, ready-to-use instructions for successfully dealing with 15 specific problem behaviours of ADHD.
Giftedness and Talent
Lara Milan
Gifted children and adolescents show exceptional levels of performance in one or more areas, but do not always experience giftedness as an advantage but rather as a discomfort. In this quick guide, Lara Milan offers useful tips for engaging and valuing gifted students at secondary school to enhance their cognitive and socio-emotional needs.
ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder – Primary school
Pietro Muratori and Marina Papini
Already at the age of five, some significant behaviours of ODD – Oppositional Defiant Disorder, recently classified as ‘disruptive disorder’ – can be observed. This book suggests what to do and what not to do when confronted with children suffering from ODD in primary school.
ODD Oppositional Defiant Disorder – Secondary school
Gianluca Daffi
Angry and irritable temperament, controversial as well as defiant, revengeful or teasing behaviour. This ready-to-use guide suggests which actions to implement and which to avoid to deal with specific ODD behaviours in primary school.
Dyslexia: What to do and what to avoid – Primary school
Filippo Barbera
Dyslexia is one of the Specific Learning Disorders (‘SLD’) that involves difficulty in reading a text, not only from a grammatical point of view but also in terms of speed and comprehension. In this book, Filippo Barbera – reporting his own experience as a dyslexic teacher – provides useful indications and suggestions on how to deal with the typical patterns of dyslexia in primary school classes.
Bullying: What to Do and What to Avoid – Secondary school
Antonella Ammirati
By dividing the book into four major topics (the bully, the victim, the group and the context), the author proposes clear and simple strategies and guidelines that can be adopted in the secondary school, effectively intervening in cases of bullying.
Emotional disorders: What to Do and What to Avoid – Secondary school
Francesca Mencaroni
Emotional disorders are psychological conditions that affect the way a person experiences and manages their emotions. This guide explains how to deal with 15 typical problem behaviours of emotional disorders, suggesting which approaches to adopt and which ones to avoid with secondary school children.
THE AUTHORS
Marco Pontis, Professor of Pedagogy and Didactics, specializing in intellectual disabilities and generalized developmental disorders at the University of Bolzano.
Donatella Arcangeli, A doctor and child and adolescent neuropsychiatrist, she is mainly dedicated to mental health in childhood.
Gianluca Daffi, Professor at the Catholic University of Milan, he is an expert on the topic of attention and planning difficulties in school age children.
Sara Pezzica, Psychologist Psychotherapist with a PhD in developmental and educational psychology.
Pietro Muratori Clinical Psychologist at IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, professor of Psychology of Education and Inclusion at the Degree Course in Primary Education Sciences, University of Pisa. He is an Italian trainer of the Coping Power method, title conferred by prof. John Lochman (University of Alabama) with whom he has been collaborating for many years.
Marina Papini Psychologist, specializing in cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy at IPSICO. Specialized in Specific Learning Disorders, she has been collaborating for years with the IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation in school prevention projects.
Lara Milan Specialist in Gifted and Talented Education, her work is mainly dedicated to training teachers on teaching models and strategies to respond to the special educational needs of gifted, gifted underachievers and exceptional students.
Filippo Barbera A graduate in Primary Education and Psychology, and primary school teacher specialized in Psychopathology of learning and the Montessori method; trainer for teachers of all levels, carries out awareness-raising activities on Specific Learning Disorders.
Antonella Ammirati, Neuropsychologist and psychodynamic psychotherapist, freelancer between clinical practice and school. She has a decade-long collaboration with ODFlab – Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences of the University of Trento, where she specializes in the diagnosis and intervention of developmental and adult disorders.
Francesca Mencaroni, psychologist and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist for adults and childhood. She specializes iin the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, in parenting, on the management of emotional disorders in childhood and adolescence as well as training teachers on social-emotional education.
