Students Who Drive You Crazy: Succeeding With Resistant, Unmotivated, and Otherwise Difficult Young People [Hardcover]

Jeffrey A. Kottler (Author), Ellen Kottler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 22, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1412965284 | ISBN-13: 978-1412965286 | Edition: 2nd

Discover more strategies for managing difficult students, with new information on aggressive/violent behavior, tips for establishing positive relationships with parents, and more.

Editorial Reviews

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"An absolutely necessary read for educators. The commonsense model assesses and outlines how to respond to challenging students, parents, and colleagues. This work is making a difference in my school." (Bonnie Tryon, Principal )

"This book offers strategies, understanding, and hope for practicing educators who find themselves struggling with particular students on a daily basis and who want to reach out to students to help them reach their educational goals." (Danielle Torres, Assistant Professor of School Counseling )

"The book is a compact overview of the equivalent of an entire college course, blending student psychology, classroom management, and introduction to counseling." (Katy Olweiler, Middle School Counselor )

"With its person-in-environment analysis and intervention model, this book is a good resource in the library of a school social worker. It allows for balanced and nuanced consideration of behavior and provides a framework for ethical and culturally competent practice." (David Roden, School Social Worker )

About the Author

Ellen Kottler is currently a lecturer in the Department of Secondary Education at California State University, Fullerton. She has been a teacher in inner city schools as well as urban and rural settings. She also served as a curriculum specialist in social studies. Her areas of interest include beginning teacher support, social studies education, and supporting English language learners in the classroom. She is the author or coauthor of several articles and books for educators, including Secrets to Success for Social Studies Teachers, Counseling Skills for Teachers, Secrets to Success for Beginning Elementary Teachers, On Being a Teacher, and Secrets for Secondary School Teachers: How to Succeed in Your First Year. She received her EdS from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in instructional and curricular studies, her MA from Eastern Michigan University, and her BA from the University of Michigan.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Corwin Press; 2nd edition (August 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1412965284
• ISBN-13: 978-1412965286
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,842,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jeffrey A. Kottler has authored over 65 books in the field for counselors, therapists, teachers, and the public, including COMPASSIONATE THERAPY: WORKING WITH DIFFICULT CLIENTS; ON BEING A THERAPIST; COUNSELORS FINDING THEIR WAY; MAKING CHANGES LAST; COUNSELING SKILLS FOR TEACHERS; DIVINE MADNESS: TEN STORIES OF CREATIVE STRUGGLE; BAD THERAPY: MASTER THERAPISTS SHARE THEIR WORST FAILURES; THE CLIENT WHO CHANGED ME: STORIES OF THERAPIST PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION; and THE MUMMY AT THE DINING ROOM TABLE: EMINENT THERAPISTS REVEAL THEIR MOST UNUSUAL CASES AND WHAT THEY TEACH US ABOUT HUMAN BEHAVIOR.

Jeffrey has worked as a teacher, counselor, and therapist in a preschool, middle school, mental health center, crisis center, university, community college, and private practice. He has served as a Fulbright Scholar and Senior Lecturer in Peru and Iceland, teaching counseling theory and practice. He has also served as a visiting professor in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, and Nepal. He is currently Professor and Chair of the Counseling Department at California State University, Fullerton.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Books That Drive Me Crazy, October 20, 2009

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Jamie Reid "crazy for books" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Students Who Drive You Crazy: Succeeding With Resistant, Unmotivated, and Otherwise Difficult Young People (Paperback)

This book was quite possibly the most unhelpful professional text I have ever read (and I have read a lot). The examples are cliched and overwrought; the suggestions are simplistic at best - ridiculous at worst. (For example: p. 118 Teacher: "What I'm try to say Mrs. Whittaker, and I'm not saying it very well, is that my job is to help you do your job better. I have it easy - I only deal with your child a few hours a week, but you have to live with him. I'm wondering what I can do to help you.") Who would really say such a thing to a parent? I can't imagine much that would offend and alienate a parent more than that!

A colleague and I both ordered this book so that we might do a book study and work together to improve the behavior of a few students who are of concern to us. At our first book discussion we both realized this book did not meet our needs. I regret the time I spent reading this book as it could have been better spent on most anything else.

3.0 out of 5 stars okay, July 9, 2010

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Christina Cody (Auburn, MA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Students Who Drive You Crazy: Succeeding With Resistant, Unmotivated, and Otherwise Difficult Young People (Paperback)

I didn't find anything earth shattering in this book that I didn't know already. It is okay for a few suggestions but basically the premise is treat everyone respectfully etc...

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For any teacher at a loss on how to deal with student behaviors, November 9, 2008

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This review is from: Students Who Drive You Crazy: Succeeding With Resistant, Unmotivated, and Otherwise Difficult Young People (Hardcover)

The second edition of Jeffrey A. Kottler and Ellen Kottler's STUDENTS WHO DRIVE YOU CRAZY: SUCCEEDING WITH RESISTANT, UNMOTIVATED, AND OTHERWISE DIFFICULT YOUNG PEOPLE is for any teacher at a loss on how to deal with student behaviors. Chapters show how to handle difficult kids, suggest new responses and approaches to misbehaviors, and offers charts of characteristics and accompanying guidelines for handling them. A key pick for education libraries.