Why Detentions Don’t Work But Could
Date: March 14th, 2018
Do you want a kid to actually CHANGE their behavior because you gave them a detention? Here’s how.
Behavior: Consequences That Make Sense
Date: October 11th, 2017
Consequences for breaking the Responsibility class rule? An extra act of RESPONSIBILITY.
Behavior: Breaking Classroom Rules?
Date: October 4th, 2017
Punishment: No recess? Detention?
Date: July 28th, 2016
If we take away recess as a punishment and have the child do more school work, they are just going to hate that work. We don’t want that. We want them to be excited about school. Watch this video to see what I do instead.
Teach skills in detention
Date: May 19th, 2016
When we give a student detention, the amount of time he or she spends in detention shouldn’t matter. What SHOULD matter is teaching skills to the student while they’re in detention. Watch this video for more.
The point of detention? To teach skills
Date: December 30th, 2015
If a child just does time in detention, then you will never see their behavior get better. Watch this video for my tip on how to make detention useful.
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