It is all about relationships. You have to develop a
relationship with each of your students, especially those who
are the toughest. Those students want and need to know that
you like them, care about them and are willing to go to
whatever lengths it takes to help them be successful. These
kids cannot articulate their needs, but they are crying out
for your attention by all these behaviors. So, you are going
to either give them negative attention for these behaviors,
which many students have become accustomed to and therefore
crave, or you are going to have to find the time to provide
them the positive attention they need.

This has to be done on a one to one basis because most of
these students will not want to receive positive attention in
front of their peers. So, attend their sports games. Pull
them aside and talk to them privately. Tell them little
things like you notice they play basketball or I saw your
painting in art class. Don't gush over them, but little
things like these tell students that you notice them and that
is very powerful. wasub

On 11/02/09, Tayrob wrote:
> I have read many articles on classroom management. They
> all sound good until I get into the classroom and then
> they don't seem to apply. I'm a collab teacher. Even
> with two teachers in the room some students just don't
> want to act right. Most of the problems are from the
> general ed students not special ed. I teach high
> school. Can someone give me some advice? We have some
> students that just talk out loud their friends, others
> that get up in the middle of the teacher talking...some
> even throw paper across the room. Of course, we've
> written them up, called parents, etc. but none of this has
> worked so far or it works temporarily.

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