• Linda Albert is a college professor, counselor, author, and a columnist for Working Mother and Family Magazine.  
• Albert was a middle school teacher so she has experience cooperating with both students and parents.
• Albert taught in a public school system in New York from 1968-1972
• From 1972-1981, Albert was a teacher specialist in Behavioral Problems.

• Here are just a few her books:  An Administrators Guide to Cooperative Discipline, Coping with Kids, and Cooperative Discipline

• Albert has produced two video series with specific information for elementary and secondary education teachers.
• She is most famous for her work on the Cooperative Discipline Model
• Albert's work has been influenced by Rudolf Driekurs and the Alderian Psychology.  
• Rudolf Driekurs was an American psychiatrist and educator. 
• Driekurs's Theory is that children act out for four reasons:

• Not enough attention
• Power
• Revenge
• Avoidance

•  Alderian Psychology was developed by Alfred Adler
• Says that human beings are goal oriented and choice making by their nature.
  Human beings all want to belong somewhere or have a sense of belonging.
• Alderian Psychology is best known for the inferiority complex