Ideal for use in teacher workshops, this book provides vital coping and problem-solving skills for managing the everyday stresses of the classroom. Specific strategies help teachers at any grade level gain awareness of the ways they respond in stressful situations and improve their overall well-being and effectiveness. Each chapter offers efficient tools for individuals, as well as group exercises. Teachers' stories are woven throughout. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying, the book includes 45 self-monitoring forms, worksheets, and other handouts. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.
This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by T. Chris Riley-Tillman.

I. Overview of Stress and Coping
1. Background and Rationale
2. Stress: The Good, the Bad, and the Lion
3. The Teacher Coping Model
II. Coping Strategies
4. Awareness
5. Adaptive Thinking I: The Positive/Negative Thoughts Method
6. Adaptive Thinking II: The ABC Method
7. Adaptive Behaviors
8. Competence and Self-Efficacy
9. Beyond Survival: Getting to Good
III. Applications and Extensions
10. Specific Applications
11. Coping with Serious Symptoms
12. For School Administrators and Other School Professionals
13. Setting Up a TCM Study Group
14. Your Personal Development Plan and Broader Systems Change
References
Index

Keith C. Herman, PhD, is Professor in Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri and Co-Director of the Missouri Prevention Center. Much of his work focuses on working with teachers and families to promote effective environments for children. He presents nationally and has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles and chapters and four books on effective practices in schools.
Wendy M. Reinke, PhD, is Associate Professor in School Psychology at the University of Missouri and Co-Director of the Missouri Prevention Center. She developed the Classroom Check-Up, an assessment-based, classwide teacher consultation model. Her research focuses on preventing disruptive behavior problems in children and increasing school-based implementation of evidence-based practices. Dr. Reinke presents nationally, has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles, and has coauthored four books on teacher consultation and effective practices in schools.