Behavior: 2 strategies for tattling
Date: March 29th, 2017
Behavior: are you rewarding tantrums?
Date: December 20th, 2016
When a child has poor emotional skills, it can cause tantrums. Our first thought might be to call our crisis team. Watch this video to see what I do instead.
Behavior: unconditional attention
Date: September 8th, 2016
Unconditional attention helps kids to realize they don’t need to use bad behavior to get attention. What are some ways to show unconditional attention? Watch this video to see.
Behavior: the forbidden question
Date: March 10th, 2016
Sometimes the worst thing we can do is ask a disruptive student a question. Watch this video for a real life example and what I should have done instead.
Using unconditional attention to teach social/emotional skills
Date: March 26th, 2015
Watch this video for my tip on how we can use unconditional attention or interventions to teach skills to a child who doesn’t have them.
Managing the behavior of the kid who yells out
Date: October 23rd, 2014
Watch this video [1:29] for how I manage the behavior of the kid who yells out an answer even though I’ve called on someone else.
Behavior & preferential seating: think outside the box
Date: July 3rd, 2014
Watch this video [1:08] to learn a couple ideas for using preferential seating in unexpected ways to improve behaviors.
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.
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.
Does giving attention to an attention-seeker work?
Date: August 7th, 2013
Watch this video [1:22] to see how we sometimes reinforce bad behavior by our discipline choices.
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