The course is designed to examine the causes of and solutions to disruptive and noncompliant behavior and classroom management problems that are within the control of the classroom teacher. The course content is designed around two approaches: 1) identifying prevalent problems and exploring specific solutions to them; 2) presenting selected strategies and applying them to a variety of problems. In both cases, alterna- tives are considered in the light of relevant theory, law, research and experience.

The course is designed to examine the causes of and solutions to disruptive and noncompliant behavior and classroom management problems that are within the control of the classroom teacher. The course content is designed around two approaches: 1) identifying prevalent problems and exploring specific solutions to them; 2) presenting selected strategies and applying them to a variety of problems. In both cases, alterna- tives are considered in the light of relevant theory, law, research and experience.