Strategies for Managing Disruptive Kids
Knowing how to read and respond to kids' behavior is the first step to a calm classroom
Clinical Expert: Nancy Rappaport, MD
en EspañolDr. Nancy Rappaport of Harvard Medical School, author, along with Jessica Minahan, of The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students, discusses strategies teachers can use to help children who are disruptive in the classroom behave appropriately, giving everyone a chance to learn more.
The Behavior Code is available from Harvard Education Press.
Related: Improving Behavior in the Classroom
This article was last reviewed or updated on October 30, 2023.
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