Ruth Herman Wells

About Ruth Herman Wells

Ruth Herman Wells Get much more information on this topic at http://www.youthchg.com. Author Ruth Herman Wells MS is the director of Youth Change, (http://www.youthchg.com.) Sign up for her free Problem-Kid Problem-Solver magazine at the site and see hundreds more of her innovative methods. Ruth is the author of dozens of books and provides workshops and training. This article may be re-printed with permission of author. Contact dwells@youthchg.com for permission.

SED Student Strategies for Special Ed Teachers and Others

Teachers: Are You Using Yesterday's Methods with Today's Emotionally Disturbed EBD Students? "In the past 2 years, I’ve had 4-5 students who are diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Obsessive ...
Date Posted: September 27, 2007

Behavior Interventions Build Student Motivation

If you work with youngsters who show no signs of motivation, here's help. Let's start with motivation-makers for students who say "I'll never need school because..." "I'm Just...
Date Posted: September 27, 2007

Behavior Interventions for School Work Refusers

Our Live Expert Help Line at our web site (link below, or call 1-800-545-5736 if you are a youth worker) gets more requests for help with this child than almost any other.
Date Posted: September 27, 2007

Classroom Management Strategies to Stop Classroom Behavior Problems Now

It's amazing that most universities devote just 20% of their teacher training to the real-world issues that dominate most teachers' days. 80% of the typical teacher's training focused on content.
Date Posted: September 27, 2007

Teacher RSS Feeds Can Stop Classroom Management Problems

It may be a new year, but you are probably still dealing with the same old "kid problems." The bad attitudes, disrespect, peer conflict, lying, school failure or family problems didn't change when you flipped the page on the...
Date Posted: September 27, 2007

Motivate Students-- Motivational Strategies You Need Now

The world is getting more and more inhospitable to people who lack that "magic piece of paper." More than ever before, that diploma is opening doors.
Date Posted: September 27, 2007

Help! My Class is Out of Control!-- Get Out of Classroom Management Hell

"They're rude." "They're inattentive." "They're off task." "They're side-talking." Does that describe your class or group? If it does, you're not alone.
Date Posted: September 27, 2007

School Counselor and Teacher Behaviorial Interventions for Better Classroom Management

Here are some of our favorite, most compelling new strategies for the new year. 1. For youngsters who say that they will quit school and go on welfare, ask them to name the states where welfare is still readily available on an...
Date Posted: September 27, 2007

Teachers, Don't Let Your Students Drop Out of School: A Dozen Dynamite Ways to Detour Dropouts

You may have read this headline in your local newspaper this week: "Dropout Rate Getting Worse." The article noted thatt despite all the advancements made in our society, we still do not know how to ensure that we fully educate all of our...
Date Posted: September 30, 2005