Table of Contents

Children's Social and Emotional Competence: The Seeds of Academic Success: Research Evidence; Nurturing Positive Relationships with Students; The Proactive Teacher--Scaffolding the Environment; Promoting Children's School-Readiness Growth with Academic Persistence Social and Emotional Coaching; Spotlight Sunshine on Positive Behavior Growth: Importance of Teacher Attention Encouragement and Praise; Stregnthening Positive Behavior: Using Incentives to Motivate Students; Managing Student Misbehaviors: Ignoring and Redirecting; Managing Misbehaviors: Natural and Logical Consequences; Managing Misbehaviors: Time Out to Calm Down; Developing a Behavior Plan; Helping Students Learn to Handle their Emotions; Teaching Students to Probelm Solve; Peer Problems and Friendship Skills; Partnering with Parents; Managing Personal Stress; Bully-proofing your School.

About the Author

Dr Carolyn Webster-Stratton is a licensed clinical psychologist, nurse practitioner, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington. Over the past four decades, she has developed and researched the Incredible Years Parent, Teacher and Children's series that consists of interlocking, evidence-based programs designed to promote children's social, emotional and academic competence and to prevent and reduce behaviour problems. She has been the recipient of the prestigious National Mental Health Research Scientist Award and awards from American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychological Association and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Parenting Group. She is the mother of two, a grandmother, and lives in Seattle with her husband.