Author(s): Andrew Wake

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Sometimes teaching the lesson is the easy bit.Often the hard bit is dealing with the confusing behaviours and emotions that candisrupt the classroom, sabotage lesson plans, and steal the joy and energy ofeven the most optimistic teacher.The challenges are numerous and varied: the unmotivated student whoavoids the work; the provocative student who repeatedly disrupts the class anddefies authority; the disappointed student who complains and waits to be savedfrom their discomfort.Dr Andrew Wake is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, and for almost twodecades he has worked with education staff to understand and better dealwith the behavioural and emotional challenges that arise in a school setting.This book is a distillation of two decades of that work, with the aim to improveboth student and teacher well-being.Using attachment theories, grief and disappointment concepts, neuroscienceinsights, and moral development ideas, he provides a variety of simplestrategies that work to deal with unwanted events and help to change unwantedpatterns.With easy-to-understand language, simple to remember approaches, andexamples from real classrooms, When You're the Adult in the Room is essentialreading for all new teachers, and will benefit experienced educators who wantto add to their understanding and confidence when dealing