Don’t Make Kids Earn What In Fact They Need!
Date: April 15th, 2026
Do you expect difficult kids to earn/deserve lunch with the teacher? Or do you allow them to go ahead and experience the benefits of it?
How Do You Help Hypervigilant Kids?
Date: March 25th, 2026
Hypervigilant kids need management and interventions. The more interventions we give them, the less management we will have to do later.
Student with Autism Not Showing Their Math Work?
Date: February 25th, 2026
Here is a decent management plan for a child with autism who doesn’t like to show their work on math problems.
Attention? Avoidance? Control?
Date: November 5th, 2025
We need to teach kids the skills they lack in order to get their needs met. Help them build a ‘strategy toolbox.’
The Power of Meeting a Need
Date: September 25th, 2024
Sometimes in a plan we put kids in a position where they have to earn what they absolutely need. I think there are stronger ways to motivate them.
Ask Polly Bath: Hitting and Spitting!
Date: August 10th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “What would you do with a child in a classroom who hits and spits?”
Management Plans vs. Intervention Plans?
Date: April 24th, 2024
There is a difference between behavior management plans and intervention plans. Behavior management plans are for the adults. Intervention plans are for the kids.
Careful with Behavior Plans!
Date: April 17th, 2024
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!
Nothing Working? Do This!
Date: January 10th, 2024
If you’ve got a child who keeps disrupting class, and interventions aren’t working… try this…
When a Reward System Breaks Down
Date: September 20th, 2023
When it comes to a reward system, don’t over-reward and don’t have a kid on one if they’re able to manipulate the system.
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