Behavior: Are You SORRY?
Date: May 23rd, 2020
Are we teaching kids that sorry is a magic word that makes problems go away? If so, they won’t know what a REAL apology is supposed to be!
Behavior and Respect – Don’t Be Confusing!
Date: May 20th, 2020
How can we expect kids to demonstrate RESPECT if their only definitions of respect are from the behavior posters on school walls?
SAFE is Now a Confusing Word to Kids!!!
Date: May 16th, 2020
I’ve always thought we were a little confusing in the way we used the word SAFE with kids. Now, in the time of the Coronavirus, are we confusing them even more?
Behavior: I’m Not Doing This!
Date: May 13th, 2020
Behaviors are sometimes symptoms and we have to figure out what the CAUSAL factor is.
Coronavirus: What Will Kids Remember About School? (personal story at end!)
Date: May 9th, 2020
During this time of Coronavirus, can we create an attachment between our students and what they are learning so they REMEMBER it?
It Is So Easy to Misuse Breaks in a Behavior Plan
Date: May 6th, 2020
Of course it’s Ok to provide for breaks in a Behavior Plan, but…don’t fall into the usual traps.
Disruption! Refusal!
Date: May 3rd, 2020
DISRUPTION and REFUSAL are the big behaviors! But we make things more complicated than we need to!
In Control or Outta Control?
Date: April 29th, 2020
There is a DIFFERENCE between difficult IN-CONTROL behavior and difficult OUT-OF-CONTROL behavior. I respond differently to each one!
Asperger’s and My Son
Date: April 25th, 2020
In this video I interview my adult son who has Asperger’s Syndrome. Many are having a hard time with social distancing right now. But for those with Asperger’s, it’s SOCIALIZING that is hard!
Just Stop for a Moment
Date: April 22nd, 2020
Here’s ONE way we can help our students handle the STRESS of our New Normal!!! Now and when we get back in our classrooms.
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