GIVEAWAY: Lost At School by Dr. Ross Greene
Some schools have been celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week this week, but according to Google, it’s actually celebrated next week. Regardless, I vote we celebrate teachers all year long, you know?
Anyway, while I have your attention, here are a few Teacher Appreciation gift ideas. Which can also double up as some end-of-year gift ideas.
And, with summer coming up, here are my top five summer reads as an educator. (Books are always a great gift. After wine. But handing a teacher wine during the school day may end up getting them fired. So I’d avoid that).
Books About Challenging Behavior
One of my favorite books in my “Top 5” is Lost At School.
Description: School discipline is broken. Too often, the kids who need our help the most are viewed as disrespectful, out of control, and beyond help and they are often the recipients of our most ineffective, most punitive interventions. These students – and their parents, teachers, and administrators – are frustrated and desperate for answers. Dr. Ross W. Greene offers educators and parents a different framework for understanding challenging behavior. His fundamental belief is that no child wakes up and wants to have a bad day. They don’t want to make your life a living hell. If we approach these students with the mindset that they have lagging skills and need appropriate instruction on how to behave the “right” way, they would do it.
I’m currently giving away three copies of Lost At School on my Facebook page. So go enter! Even if you don’t think it’s applicable to you, you can always pass it off to a teacher or a parent. (Trust me when I say, it will come in handy!)
I’ll be picking a winner on Sunday at noon EST!
Good luck!
Questions of the Day:
- What is your favorite book?
- What are you doing this weekend?
Thats an excellent idea, never thought buying books for teachers before!
We are celebrating it this week too. I agree it should be all year long!!!
Cristy
http://www.happyfamilyblog.com
As the parent of a son with ADHD, I would love to read this. So many people don’t understand why he behaves the way he does.
This looks like an excellent read for my sisters, I’ve entered the giveaway!
We love the gift give of books. Yes we should celebrate our teachers, but my son is a teacher so I think teachers are very special.
I really don’t have a favorite book… I can’t tell you the last time I read a book just for enjoyment because I am reading textbooks to pursue my Master’s in Communication Studies… This weekend will consist of trying to knock out some chapters on my thesis so I can have that turned in for edits before May is up… have a safe and blessed weekend!
I think it’s great that we’re becoming aware of these issues. When we werekids there was nothing. Sounds like a nice read.
I entered the giveaway. My nephew has behavioral challenges and has been kicked out of several schools. Interested in reading the book to learn more.
Happy and Blessed Teachers week to all the wonderful teachers!
God Bless you Divya for being a special teacher and making an impact
in the lives of so many students.
Love you!!
That Yeti tumbler is a good idea. Jake’s teacher always has his coffee cup with him when he is greeting the students.
Teacher appreciation from parents is just the remedy many teachers need to keep up steam. A simple thank you, or thoughtful note would have even worked for me. We hear more slander and complaints than any parent can comprehend, and we still manage to love and teach your children…but once that school year is over it’s sometimes hard to overcome the burn out form parental and political abuse. That’s why I quit. :/ So again, just say thank you.
This is a great resource for any parent. I will share it with my parenting group.
I’m currently looking for a teaching position and have been reading a lot of different books lately. This one looks great and I’ll definitely check it out!
This looks like a great book for teachers — I will need to share this review and giveaway info with some teacher friends. Thanks!
A good strategy to implement but I felt it could have been covered in one chapter or a short article….lots of common sense stuff that many good teachers do.
I was thrown off by the teacher appreciation day/week as well! I plan on celebrating my son’s teachers next week (my husband works in education. We try to celebrate them all year.)
School discipline really is broken. I’m glad someone is talking about this.
My favorite book is Love The One You’re With by Emily Giffin and this weekend I am taking care of a sick babe 🙁
I heard that some people are taking both weeks to celebrate, and I think that’s great! 🙂
My all-time favorite series is Harry Potter. A stand-alone favorite novel? The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
-Lauren
Wonderful giveaway. So many of my friends are teachers, and though I don’t work in this profession, I’m always interested in talks about education so would absolutely love to read. Thanks for the opportunity, and hope all is well with you, momma! XOXO
I already entered! Thanks for hosting this giveaway.
I am a mother now of a son who is 3 years old. I am so worried about him going to school that I have anxiety about it. I would love to read this book so I know what to look for when he gets to school. I also have a nephew who I think might need some help in school. Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
Julie * http://www.hdthreviews.com
I am headed over to enter. There’s always one or two in a class who make it hard to teach the others because you have to focus so much on their behavior. If we could reach those students, everyone would benefit.
I love this! We celebrated teacher appreciation this week. I used a number mold to make short bread cookies for my daughters preschool teachers. You should check out the books by Ron Clark! I used his techniques as often as I could when I taught.
This is a book I have never read but it sounds wonderful! I’m adding it to my summer reading list – I need ideas going into the next school year for those tough-to-reach students!
It’s so true that all children are different. Discipline that works well for one child, may not work for another. It is so important to recognize this. 🙂