Power Struggles: Successful Techniques for Educators

by Allen N. Mendler

Power Struggles emphasizes practical strategies for handling disruptive behavior at school, both inside and outside of the classroom. These strategies, which stem from Dr. Mendler s Discipline With Dignity® program, will help the reader maintain classroom and school focus on the achievement of educational goals. Part of a proven process, this research-based resource shows you how to avoid and de-escalate the most common classroom discipline problems.

Genres: Teaching, Nonfiction, Education

68 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2000

Reviews

[Kristin Eoff · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is short and easy to read and offers some good advice to educators. The authors basically psychoanalyze problem students and offer reverse psychology and other tips to defuse difficult situations in the classroom. Some of the tips are common sense, while some are counterintuitive. Some of the advice is also more clearly appropriate for younger grades, but much can be adapted for secondary classes. Now, if only I could remember the perfect thing to say in every situation ...

[Cheri · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the many ideas to avoid and defuse power struggles with students. I found most recommendations from the authors to be good practices, however I’ve found some of them difficult to carry out when I have 180 students. I will put many of these ideas into practice.

[Jeremy Henry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting book

Great information provided on how to work with the most challenging of students. Also, provides good examples on how to apply each strategy.

[Brandi · Rating 2 out of 5]

What a slog. The writing was clear, but nothing described seemed plausible. Good luck applying these suggestions in a real classroom.

[Sierra Lirette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good ideas to implement in the classroom

[Tricia Price · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short and to-the-point. I may have heard a lot of the ideas before, but it never hurts to have a refresher, and this book had some good specific examples of how to deal with misbehaving kids.