For many years, education experts have extolled the benefits of a positive student-teacher relationship. Personal connections between teachers and students can be the key motivator in student interest and achievement in school. Yet teachers have little knowledge of how to establish relationships that instill in students a desire to learn and to minimize negative behaviors in the classroom. Effective Classroom Management holds the key to forming the necessary relationships to motivate and successfully communicate with every student.The authors offer unique and easy-to-implement strategies to manage classrooms and maximize student potential by designing management strategies and instruction that correspond to each child's personality type. Effective Classroom Management contains true success stories from those who have encountered barriers when teaching difficult students. Chapters are also provided on differentiating for success, dealing with acute negative behaviors, and preparing students for standards and assessments. Read Less