Bill Rogers, in Cracking the Hard Class, Second Edition, highlights many practical strategies that can be implemented to overcome the hard class syndrome. 
These include: Identifying what makes a class “hard”, developing a class behaviour plan, developing discipline practices with hard to manage classes, developing colleague support, following up on disruptive students.
In addition to constructive ideas and strategies for dealing with a hard class, Cracking the Hard Class also highlights the normality of the pressures and stress felt by teachers dealing with these classes