If you’ve got a child who keeps disrupting class, and interventions aren’t working… try this…

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Polly answers the question: “Ok… quick question: Why do kids plug the toilet!?”

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Ever have that kid who deliberately annoys other kids? How do you handle it?

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Polly answers the question: “In the middle of class one of my 4th graders will raise his hand and ask a totally unrelated, off topic, distracting, and sometimes alarming question. How should I respond to this?”

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Polly answers the question: “I have a high school kid who will not turn over her cell phone when I ask for it! It’s my policy and all the kids know it. I know her life is not that positive, and there isn’t a lot of room for learning in her brain right now, but I feel like I need to hold her accountable. It’s always a huge power struggle that results in administrative referral. How can I chip away at her refusal without it costing me our relationship?”

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Polly answers the question: “This year I’m seeing an alarming amount of ‘hands on’ and “adult” behavior with my 5th graders. Yikes! Any thoughts about addressing this?”

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Polly answers the question: “I like to use timers to get the kids to move and get things done. Do you think this is helping or is it stressful?”

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Polly answers the question: “We have a pack of kids in our middle school who feed off each other! They wander the halls, cause trouble, they make snarky comments to teachers. And it’s getting harder and harder to muster up the energy to deal with them! How can we get this group to stop?”

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When a kid swears at you, don’t let it derail your whole class. Is that hard? Absolutely!

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Behavior management plans help us to manage kids’ behaviors. But we don’t stop there. We also need to teach skills.

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