Many teachers tell me how frustrated, emotional, and upset they are over their jobs. Why? Because they wonder if they’re actually making a difference.

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Polly answers the question: “How do you engage a kid in social skills lessons if they don’t seem to have enough social skills to participate?”

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We tend to get so focused on a child’s behavior and how we’re going to change it. Instead, let’s shift the focus to what is driving that behavior.

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Polly answers the question: “I’m never sure what I should say to a student when they rejoin my class after having been removed for disruptive behavior. Suggestions?”

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How can you use school values to strengthen Tier 1 behaviors?

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Polly answers the question: “I like to thank kids who are following directions in order to encourage other students to get into gear. But it doesn’t have any effect!! Are these kids that unaware or do they just not care?”

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There is a difference between behavior management plans and intervention plans. Behavior management plans are for the adults. Intervention plans are for the kids.

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Polly answers the question: “The other day when I was working with one of my students another kid screamed out ‘I need help over here! My hand has been up!’ He didn’t seem to appreciate that I have other students. This is an attitude I’ve been getting a lot lately. How do I handle this?”

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Behavior plans are for adults, they are what we do in response to a behavior. The child doesn’t always have to be in on that information!

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Polly answers the question: “Sometimes I just don’t know what to say! When an upset kid comes to me with a problem I don’t always have the answers. How can I help when I don’t know what to say or do?”

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