School transition: why I start kids WAY early
Date: March 27th, 2014
Watch this video [2:09] for some of my wisdom and experience on helping kids make successful transitions.
Classroom management: recognize behaviors as symptoms
Date: March 20th, 2014
Watch this video [0:57] about how behaviors are symptoms that we need to get to the bottom of, if we want to change the behaviors.
Classroom management: how I respond to an attention seeker
Date: March 12th, 2014
Watch this video [0:38] for a handy tip on managing that attention-seeking kid in your class.
School climate: look up and say hello in the hall
Date: March 6th, 2014
Classroom management – why a boy kept throwing his book at me
Date: February 27th, 2014
Watch this video [1:23] for an example of why in behavior management we absolutely have to get beyond symptoms to causal factors.
Classroom management – are you sure preferential seating is always in the front?
Date: February 20th, 2014
Watch this video [0:55] to learn why sitting next to the teacher isn’t always the best place for every kid who needs preferential seating.
Classroom management – if behaviors aren’t getting better, make a change
Date: February 13th, 2014
Watch this video [1:36] to hear my thoughts on how we can’t keep doing the same thing around behavior if it isn’t working.
Classroom management – keep a little behavior from becoming a big one
Date: February 6th, 2014
Watch this video [0:58] to learn what I do to manage a kid who is getting antsy, before he or she goes too far.
Classroom management – the power of observation
Date: January 30th, 2014
Watch this video [0:54] to learn how being observed helps me manage behavior better.
How “thank you” can trigger a power struggle
Date: January 23rd, 2014
Watch this video [0:56] to learn why you might not always want to say “thank you” when a student does what you asked her to do.
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