Solutions That Heal: Responding to Infectious Behavior in Learning Spaces

How can teachers manage classroom behavior when a few dominant students influence the whole group?When behaviors spread quickly, learning environments can become tense, unpredictable, and exhausting. Solutions That Heal addresses these challenges with clarity, compassion, and practical tools. Drawing on 30+ years of classroom experience, biblical insight, and current research in educational psychology and neurobiology, author and speaker Alan Bandstra unpacks the social forces that fuel group behavior and provides restorative, healing-centered strategies for guiding students-rather than reacting to them.
In this book, you will discover: A framework for classroom behavior management that emphasizes guidance over punishment How spiritual, social, and neurobiological factors allow behavior to spread-and how to stop these contagions Restorative classroom practices that address misbehavior without retaliation Remedies for common forms of "infectious behavior, " including: comedy disorder disgruntle-bug silence syndrome ambush germ mischief outbreak adverse reaction cycle Bandstra blends proven strategies with classroom stories, teacher-tested illustrations, and discussion questions for personal reflection or group study.
If you want to understand why behaviors spread-and how to create a calm, cooperative classroom culture-Solutions That Heal will equip you with tools that bring clarity, confidence, and lasting change.