Date: December 25th, 2022
Polly answers the question: “One of my 4th graders refuses to come to morning circle. I give him plenty of encouragement, but he just stays quietly in his seat and will not join in. My next move is to make him do the circle activities during his recess. Do you think that would get him to come to morning circle?”
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Date: January 2nd, 2022
Pretty much every action done by our students can be defined by these four common behaviors.
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Date: January 24th, 2021
CHEATING and LYING? It’s tempting to go a little nuts when these behaviors happen, but this is what I do instead.
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Date: January 10th, 2021
Right now, one of the most common questions that a client will ask me is, “How should we handle a student who REFUSES to wear a mask?” This is what I recommend.
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Date: November 14th, 2020
Here are some things to consider when it comes to kids having their cameras on or off during remote learning.
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Date: August 1st, 2020
I train teachers to do this process when dealing with kids who consistently shut down and refuse to do certain tasks. Trust me, it WORKS!
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Date: May 13th, 2020
Behaviors are sometimes symptoms and we have to figure out what the CAUSAL factor is.
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Date: May 3rd, 2020
DISRUPTION and REFUSAL are the big behaviors! But we make things more complicated than we need to!
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Date: October 13th, 2019
When a kid uses a cell phone in class, the behavior problem is NOT the phone.
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Date: August 4th, 2018
If a kid’s under his desk, do you ignore him, or throw him out?
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