Reducing the Risk, Increasing the Promise: Strategies for Student Success

ISBN-13: 9781596671942 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 11/04/2011 Pages: 176 Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.50(d) In their new book, Bergmann and Brough provide a clear path to follow for helping your at-risk students achieve success in and out of the classroom. Packed with classroom-tested, practical strategies and lesson plans for teaching respect, responsibility, resilience, reading, and other essential skills to at-risk students, this is a must-have book for educators at all levels. Use the plans alone, or as part of a unit. Either way, the tools for success in this book will help you positively impact the lives of at-risk students every day. Each chapter is dedicated to a different skill and offers easy-to-implement activities and strategies based on achieving success in that essential skill. For example: Strategies for establishing positive peer relationships Cooperative treasure hunting for resilience building Keys to structured role-playing f