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This article talked about a positive parent-teacher conference. I believe like the article suggest meetings should be done in the beginning before there are any problems. Get the parents on your side in the beginning.

Parker, L. (2001-2007) School Behavior.com: Awareness, Empathy, and Skills. Retrieved June 4, 2008, from http://www.schoolbehavior.com/. This website is an amazing resource for anyone who is managing a classroom with special needs students. All articles, unless otherwise noted, are written by Leslie E. Packer, Ph.D. She has a variety of articles that include information on disorders and behavior problems. The behavior issues page helps teachers to differentiate between behavior problems and actions resulting from the disorder.

I thought it was interesting to hear that the first six years of teaching will largely determine the nature of a child's attitude towards authority and the educationaly attitude they carrying forward into middle and high school. I totally agreed. Also this article talks about using the firm hand with the teacher who is consistent and with the truly caring attitude. The article also goes on the say that even if teachers do everything right there is still going to be a problem because of the problems that are occurring in our society can not always be solved in the classroom

This is a great site for learning about using democracy in the classroom. Alfie Kohn has written many innovative books on classroom management and ways to involve students in classroom management decisions. This site not only gives you the opportunity to order his books, but you can also use it to read articles and find additional information about his theory. This site can be extremely useful for a teacher looking to implement the ideas of removing rewards and punishments and moving toward greater democracy.

This is a great article about how the way you arrange your room can have an affect on you classroom management. It even give specific seating arrangement. \n

Several good articles on different kinds of problem behavior and suggestion on how to solve them .

The article has some clear simple statements about several classroom management problems and solutions. Just clearly put and without a plethora of words, this is a great quick source of ideas.

This ariticle talked more about Thomas Gordon and his theries on the "I Message". It also talked about conflict resolution. I am not to sure I agree with his "Peace Table" , but I thought it was an interesting article about Thomas Gordon.

Shore, K. (2005) The Unmotivated Student. Retrieved May 27, 2008, from http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/shore/shore060.shtml. This site is an excellent resource provided by Dr. Ken Shore. Dr. Shore has a Ph.D. from Rutgers University in Psychology. He provides practical information on how to deal with different classroom management issues through is articles "Classroom Problem Solver." This particular article focuses on a particularly difficult topic: Unmotivated Students. I have found personally that this is one of the most difficult issues to deal with. Dr. Shore promotes the philosophy of using positive reinforcements to show students that they can accomplish academic success.

Dr. Dennis Mills has a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and is a professor at the Philadelphia Biblical University. Dr. Mills gives theories of classroom management using a Biblical perspective for teachers in private, religious organizations. Much of this can be applied to public school teachers. Dr. Mills takes a firm focus on leading by example, consistency with the rules, and parental involvement. Dr. Mills lays down 9 important principles for teachers to use during the first weeks of school to establish classroom management. Dr. Mills is a well studied professor who has set out a well written plan for classroom management. Mills, D. (1997) Classroom Discipline: A Management Guide. Retrieved May 22, 2008, from http://www.csrnet.org/csrnet/articles/classroom-discipline.html.

This is another site for first year teachers. It provides articles, discipline ideas, and things like learning the students names. IThe site is very clean and structured so therefore easy to get to what you want quickly.

This article wonderfully lays out a formula for dishing out discipline in the classroom. The Least Approach is introduced in which the teacher is enabled to follow the appropriate steps concerning the level of discipline required. This approach helps one to limit the amount of attention misbehavior receives. Included are also extra tips for handling an angry student, earning respect, and creating a positive learning atmosphere.

Youth Change is a website devoted to helping educators and other "youth professionals" solve problems with kids. It has many articles and tips available for free. It also has links to live chats and in-person workshops. E-books are also available for download from this site. The site is mostly commercial but has excellent free resources available and some of the paid resources may also be a worthwhile investment.

Great article on the benefites of rewards. Gave some examples of how benefites work at different levels.

This website is an excellent resource for all teachers. With the use of mainstreaming, almost all teachers have at least one ESE student in their day. This website is an excellent resource for dealing with learning disabilities. It has links for parents, teachers, and kids to help them to understand different exceptionalities. LD Online is run by the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities and has many articles written by doctoral level specialists.

This site is a good resource for dealing with difficult parents. Topics include, but not limited to: Defining Parents' Involvment, How Does Parents' Involvment Help Kids,, Implementing Parent-Involvment Programs, and Pitfalls. Any teacher will find this site useful.

This site talks about topics such as fostering self esteem, behavior, social skills and managing AD/HD. This is not just geared towards a teacher but also parents dealing with issues. This also had a bit of an interesting componet in that it added a correlation between famous people with dyslexia and other learning disabilties and children.