Emotional disturbance in the classroom: don’t give up on Bobby
Date: May 1st, 2014
Watch this video [2:55] about working with an adolescent with an emotional disturbance who refuses to participate in your class.
Parent-teacher conference: connecting with a reluctant parent
Date: April 22nd, 2014
Watch this video [2:04] to learn how I started to build a positive relationship with a reluctant parent in a parent-teacher conference, by putting the relationship first.
Classroom management: when a kid’s home life is awful
Date: April 17th, 2014
Watch this video [2:25] for my thoughts on the most important thing when working with kids who are homeless or have a really tough time at home.
Should we be teaching kids everyone is a winner?
Date: April 10th, 2014
Watch this video [1:17] for my thoughts on whether teaching kids everyone is a winner is helpful to them in the long run.
The best way to target a behavior you want to change
Date: April 3rd, 2014
Watch this video [1:58] to learn how to target a behavior we want to change in the classroom. In order to target a behavior, we have to describe what we see. We see spitting, biting, saying no. We don’t see “inappropriate.” We don’t see “unacceptable.” Therefore, we shouldn’t use those terms when targeting.
School transition: why I start kids WAY early
Date: March 27th, 2014
Watch this video [2:09] for some of my wisdom and experience on helping kids make successful transitions.
Classroom management: recognize behaviors as symptoms
Date: March 20th, 2014
Watch this video [0:57] about how behaviors are symptoms that we need to get to the bottom of, if we want to change the behaviors.
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.
School climate: look up and say hello in the hall
Date: March 6th, 2014
Classroom management – why a boy kept throwing his book at me
Date: February 27th, 2014
Watch this video [1:23] for an example of why in behavior management we absolutely have to get beyond symptoms to causal factors.
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