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Do I assume kids DO or DON’T have behavior skills?

Date: May 9th, 2013
By: Polly Bath

Watch this quick video [0:45] to learn an easy way to avoid getting frustrated when your students don’t have good behavior skills.

Believe it or not, I like to go into a classroom assuming that the kids have no skills at all in the area of behavior. So I say to myself, “OK, it’s my job to teach them good behavior skills.” And I do it. This way, when they don’t have behavior skills, I don’t get frustrated with them. Try it!
 
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