Behavior: save time by teaching skills!

Date: August 10th, 2016

Sometimes kids don’t have the needed skills to do something. Because of this, we end up losing instructional time dealing with issues. Watch this video to see what I do to help prevent this.

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Behavior: memory issues

Date: August 4th, 2016

Have you ever had a child with memory issues, whether long-term or short-term? Watch this video for some tips on how to handle those issues.

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Punishment: No recess? Detention?

Date: July 28th, 2016

If we take away recess as a punishment and have the child do more school work, they are just going to hate that work. We don’t want that. We want them to be excited about school. Watch this video to see what I do instead.

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Behavior: autism & social skills

Date: July 20th, 2016

Often we feel that it’s not “normal” for a child to only have a few friends. But some children have a hard time making friends, especially if they are on the autistic spectrum. We should help these kids to be successful who they are. Watch this video for more.

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Behavior: are you over-accommodating?

Date: July 14th, 2016

There are some students who need accommodations. But are we going too far with them? Could we actually be hindering the student with too many accommodations? Watch this video for more.

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Behavior: kid sleeping in class?

Date: July 5th, 2016

When I have a student in class who is sleeping, I like to use a non-directive way to get his/her attention. Watch this video to see how I do this.

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It is okay to lose

Date: June 28th, 2016

Watch this video to see why it’s important to allow kids to experience failure.

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Hung up on criss-cross applesauce?

Date: June 23rd, 2016

When we are teaching little kids, we can’t get caught up in having them sit in the criss-cross applesauce position. Watch this video to see why.

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Behavior: school vs. home

Date: June 16th, 2016

Have you ever felt that what you’ve taught a kid in school gets undone when he/she goes home? Many of us have. Watch this video for what we need to do so that doesn’t happen.

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Keep accommodation within school rules

Date: June 9th, 2016

Kids with documented disabilities may need accommodations. But we need to make sure we don’t break school rules with those accommodations. Watch this video for my tip on how we can do this.

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