ABSTRACT
For many teachers managing what they perceive as 'chronic' misbehaviour in the school environment, the meaning may well be only too apparent. Although many teachers do suffer with 'one-off' acute behaviour problems from individual students, the concern in this chapter is with practical tips for managing the student, or groups of students, who regularly or chronically display unacceptable behaviour in the learning environment. For the student who misbehaves every day in spite of the teacher's best efforts, consideration must be given to extending the mode of intervention. At this point the student's involvement is critical to the success of any such intervention. With the cooperation of the student, the first step must be to identify clearly the problem behaviour. Teachers should not expect immediate changes in behaviour and should also be aware that there may be 'blips' even when things appear to be going well. It will have taken some students a long time to establish patterns of poor behaviour.
