Behavior: clowning behind your back
Date: June 5th, 2014
Watch this video [1:30] for my best advice on what to do if a kid clowns around behind your back when you’re writing on the board.
Behavior: blurting out answers
Date: May 29th, 2014
Watch this video [2:29] for my tip on handling the kid who blurts out answers instead of waiting to be called on.
Solving the locker-during-class problem
Date: May 22nd, 2014
Watch this video [1:00] on how to manage the behavior of a kid who always wants to go to their locker during class because they “forgot” their work. Again.
Does a kid with emotional disability have control over behavior?
Date: May 15th, 2014
Watch this video [1:24] to better understand the student with a documented emotional disability.
Get away from me, I’ll do it myself.
Date: May 8th, 2014
Watch this video [1:02] for what we’ve got to do to help the kid who rejects the very help he or she needs.
Emotional disturbance in the classroom: don’t give up on Bobby
Date: May 1st, 2014
Watch this video [2:55] about working with an adolescent with an emotional disturbance who refuses to participate in your class.
Parent-teacher conference: connecting with a reluctant parent
Date: April 22nd, 2014
Watch this video [2:04] to learn how I started to build a positive relationship with a reluctant parent in a parent-teacher conference, by putting the relationship first.
Classroom management: when a kid’s home life is awful
Date: April 17th, 2014
Watch this video [2:25] for my thoughts on the most important thing when working with kids who are homeless or have a really tough time at home.
Should we be teaching kids everyone is a winner?
Date: April 10th, 2014
Watch this video [1:17] for my thoughts on whether teaching kids everyone is a winner is helpful to them in the long run.
The best way to target a behavior you want to change
Date: April 3rd, 2014
Watch this video [1:58] to learn how to target a behavior we want to change in the classroom. In order to target a behavior, we have to describe what we see. We see spitting, biting, saying no. We don’t see “inappropriate.” We don’t see “unacceptable.” Therefore, we shouldn’t use those terms when targeting.
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