Setting Limits in the Classroom:

Setting Limits in the Classroom is a skills-training guide for teachers in effective classroom management.

Setting Limits in the Classroom provides teachers with the curriculum and instructional methods they need to be solidly in control of their classroom management. But the value of this book extends well beyond the confines of the classroom. Setting Limits in the Classroom also provides school administrators and guidance providers with a blueprint and set of operating procedures for developing an effective school-wide guidance and discipline plan. 

The first five chapters of the book attempt to provide what most books on guidance and discipline leave out, that is, to help you recognize the things you're doing that aren't working for you. Without this awareness, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to avoid repeating your old mistakes because most of these mistakes are made unconsciously. You'll discover your approach to limit setting, how children really learn your rules, the types of limits you're using, and the type of "classroom dance" you might be doing to get your students to cooperate. 

Chapters six through thirteen form the core of the skills-training program. You'll how to give clear messages about your rules, stop testing and power struggles before they begin, support rules with instructive consequences, manage extreme behavior, and how to use parents and the office for back-up support. 

In chapters fourteen and fifteen, you'll learn effective motivational strategies for inspiring cooperation, building positive relationships, and increasing on-task time. Chapter sixteen will help you get off the discipline treadmill by teaching students the skills they need to behave acceptably, and chapter seventeen will show you how to teach good work habits and solve problems with homework. The final chapter is intended to provide relief for administrators by helping them develop a comprehensive school-wide guidance and discipline plan.

What People are Saying About Setting Limits in the Classroom:

"The Setting Limits Program has been studied and implemented in my elementary school. This clear, common-sense approach to working with children is easy to implement and gives a reward of high success to teachers and students. By using the Setting Limits Program our school has become a place of harmony."
Barbara O'Donnell, Principal

"Lots of great ideas! Love the book! Can't wait to try out all the suggestions."
Linda Turk, 5th Grade Teacher

"Very clear, realistic, simple, easy-to-understand methods. Dr. MacKenzie is very knowledgeable and experienced."
Sue Kellogg, Assistant Principal

"It's time-efficient, clear-cut, and easy-to-use. It preserves student dignity and teacher sanity. It builds trust and success, even with the most challenging students, The effects are long-lasting. It works!
Shirley Heine, 3rd Grade Teacher