The first of a two volume series designed for teachers of students with emotional disabilities, this guide provides information on practical classroom techniques. The following topics are examined through article reprints, checklists, and discussion overviews (sample subtopics in parentheses): behavior management (management plans, intervention strategies/group dynamics, professional development, discipline, logical consequences); affective techniques (self concept improvement, values, self awareness, decisionmaking); therapeutic approaches (programmatic approaches, interactive techniques, adjunctive therapies, self change techniques); integration of the behavior disordered student (teaching adaptations, reintegration); and alternative curricula (the Engineered Classroom, cross age tutoring, an eclectic approach, and instructional modifications). (CL)