How I Ride Out a Tantrum
Date: November 27th, 2019
What should you do when a kid throws a tantrum? Sometimes the answer is NOTHING!
If a Kid Misbehaves to Get Attention Because That’s All They Know…
Date: November 16th, 2019
What Do You Do When Your Consequence Backfires?
Date: September 11th, 2019
When a consequence backfires, that actually gives you a lot of useful information.
Riding It Out When a Kid is Tantruming
Date: July 21st, 2019
The hardest thing for us when a kid is throwing a tantrum is to do nothing. BUT that is exactly what we need to do sometimes.
THINK Before Responding!!!
Date: April 28th, 2019
All the Ways We Reinforce Attention Seeking
Date: April 14th, 2019
Freely GIVE Attention to the Attention Seeker – Unconditionally
Date: April 6th, 2019
Attention is not something you should make a kid with no social skills earn. Give it to them unconditionally!
Is a Behavior Violating Community?
Date: November 20th, 2018
When a kid violates one of our school or classroom values, the consequence should connect back to that value.
Attention-Seeking Misbehavior and My Unusual Response
Date: October 20th, 2018
I get a lot of argument about this, but here’s what I do when a kid uses misbehavior to get attention.
An Easy Way to Handle Tattletaling
Date: August 22nd, 2018
Tattletales, complainers, and “informers” are sometimes looking for attention. Here’s how I handle them.
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