What social skills does a kid need for today’s lesson?

Date: May 24th, 2016

To help prevent behaviors, look ahead at your lesson plan and figure out what social skills your students will need. And then make sure to teach those social skills before getting into the academic lesson. Watch this video for more.

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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.

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Don’t ban recess games–teach skills

Date: May 10th, 2016

When kids get hurt or in trouble on the playground, we ban that game. But does that really solve anything? Watch this video for my tip on what to do instead.

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Tier 1 social coaching after an upsetting recess

Date: May 5th, 2016

I have a step process that I use for Tier 1 social coaching. It’s called validate, de-escalate, relate, teach, and reintegrate. Watch this video for more.

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