A note to teachers -- Introduction -- The building blocks of learning: a framework for understanding classroom learning and behavior -- Theoretical foundations -- The learning environment -- Foundational blocks -- Attention and self-regulation: understanding and managing students with hyperactivity and poor attention, planning, and impulse control -- Emotions: understanding and managing worry and hopelessness in the classroom / with Gretchen Schoenfield -- Understanding and managing behavior problems -- Strategies to promote self-esteem and resilience / with Robert Brooks -- Symbolic processing blocks -- Learning disabilities and the symbolic processing blocks -- Instruction for the symbolic blocks: decoding, encoding, reading fluency, calculating, and handwriting -- Conceptual blocks -- Thinking with language, images, and strategies / with Ann M. Richards -- Instruction in reading comprehension, written expression, and math problem solving / with Ann M. Richards -- The classroom environment as a microcosm of the world -- Additional resources -- References -- Index.