Behaviour: The Lost Modules

I wish I had this book my first year of teaching (18 years ago). I highly recommend it to anyone looking for help or support with behavior in the classroom.This book is not new information to me. Much like Jen Foster, the author, I started teaching without a lot of training regarding behavior. My first kindergarten students brought such violent and dangerous behaviors to our room, and I was not trained to handle any of it. I looked to the supposed experts around me, those who had more experience than I, my teammates, our administration, the special education department, the school psychologist. No one had any ideas what to do. Just like the author, I quickly realized I had to become the expert. I jumped to sign up for every training and read all the books I could find: Whole Brain Teaching, Dr. Becky Bailey and Conscious Discipline, Dan St. Romain, PBIS (which has been implemented so poorly in the school system, most educators deemed it ineffective without having access its most valuable research).With this book, Jen has done a wonderful job compiling the research for you. She sums up everything and makes it understandable and easily accessible for a quick read. She is honest when she says she can’t give you all the answers, but she gives you the map and the directions to get you on the proper path to success.I wish the images in the book were larger and in color. Some of them are difficult to read because they are light gray.The font/spacing of the lines is not the same as other books in print. I had to use a book mark to track the lines as I was reading.The book (just look at the title) is written in British English. I “learnt” a lot about the differences in our language. I found the variations in terminology endearing.

I’ve been following Jen on Instagram for about a year now. I admire her approach on behavior and her quick and simple tricks to regain control of the classroom. Her instagram videos immediately made me become a member of The Good Morning Club! Wow an entire encyclopedia of how I get down to the nitty gritty of behavior, uh YES PLEASE!!! This summer I found out she wrote a book and duh I had to purchase. I promised to write a review only after I read the first chapter. One chapter in and holy cannoli it is written in such a way that puts psychology classes to shame for making concepts so complex (I can say that with confidence since I do have a BA in psychology). If I’m already hooked after chapter one I can only imagine what I’ll be by the end! Jen, you are a behavior guru! I am so glad I found someone like you to guide me in my teaching journey. Going on year 11 and I know this was a missing piece in my teaching puzzle!

Aligns well with teachers who value building relationships and also setting boundaries for behavior.

This book is like a bible for behaviour within your classroom.With easy read (non jargon) helped me to understand children's feelings and emotions within my setting and how I can best support all children to achieve their own personal best!A book all teaching staff could do with on their shelf.The author is inspirational with her approach, refreshing to read a teachers perspective on the importance of a child well-being within education.

This is a book every teacher needs. I wish this could be on the book list for uni students. It’s informative, relatable and the reflection tasks are fantastic. I also feel parents would find it helpful.

I love this book because it’s written by an actual, practising teacher and it’s not stuffy, pedagogy jargon. It’s real, relatable and useable. As Jen says in the introduction, we’re not actually taught how to manage a classroom at university, we just get thrown in and pick stuff up along the way. This book has some useful insights into why children can present certain behaviours and how we as teachers can manage it effectively. I’ll definitely be sharing this book with student teachers to help them build their confidence when managing a classroom and I’ll try out some of Jen’s tips to develop my own strategies.

My book arrived today and I’m 3 chapters in already. I can feel my brain asking more questions and them getting answered as I turn the page! This book so far is fantastic in breaking down behaviour and more importantly changing our thinking. I feel like this book is helping me unpick strategies and language used in the past and question why we have been using them. This book is so forward thinking and written beautifully. I love how easy it is to read and packed with humour too (so it’s not all serious!). Well done Jen for a book I’d say all educators need to read!!!!