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: “Should kids have to wait for fun, like snack-time or recess, until their work is completed?”

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Adults have to live the values in front of the kids.

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Polly answers the question: “I sometimes let kids walk all over me and when I see it happening, I immediately over-correct and set strict rules and expectations! What’s a good balance between being too rigid or too wishy washy?”

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It really bugs us when we give a child direction and they talk back, mumbling under their breath. But did they comply?

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Polly answers the question: “My school requires us to go through some steps with behavior before we involve administration. This makes sense but one of the requirements is calling the parents. I dread calling home!! Very often I feel like the parents blame me for their child’s behavior, and I’m tired of it. Do you have any ways to make this experience more pleasant?”

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We can’t force kids to socialize with each other. But we can teach them the needed social skills so they are able to socialize if they want to.

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Polly answers the question: “What can I do with ‘littles’ who won’t line up to come in from recess? They seem to think it’s a game but I’m not having any fun!”

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I’m often asked if there are responses to a behavior that can make the situation worse? Yes, absolutely!

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Polly answers the question: “I have a kid who sometimes escalates during activities, or refuses to go to classes, or shuts down when presented with tasks. Why is this? Is it the teacher, the content, the environment, the kid’s life experiences? Logical consequences work sometimes. But is it possible to do something proactively that would actually decrease these behaviors?”

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