Ask Polly Bath: SWEARING $%@!
Date: January 5th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “How do you respond to a younger kid swearing versus an older kid swearing?”
Sensory Issues Cause Behaviors!
Date: October 9th, 2024
Your behavior management and interventions will be much stronger if you understand sensory over-responsivity, under-responsivity, and sensory craving.
Ask Polly Bath: Rewarded for Bad Behavior?
Date: June 16th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “One of my students was yelling, kicking chairs, and tearing down our bulletin boards so I had him escorted to the office. But when I walked by the office a while later I saw the child eating cookies! I’ll be honest, I WASN’T happy!! Why is this ok?”
Disregulated Kids Need Intervention
Date: May 29th, 2024
Careful with Behavior Plans!
Date: April 17th, 2024
Behavior plans are for adults, they are what we do in response to a behavior. The child doesn’t always have to be in on that information!
Co-Regulate with ‘Littles’
Date: November 29th, 2023
Ask Polly Bath: Calming Techniques and Disregulation
Date: October 15th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “I use yoga and mindfulness techniques in my classroom regularly but when the kids get upset they don’t use these techniques in the moment! How can I get the good stuff to kick in?”
Teach Anxiety Management for the Real World
Date: July 24th, 2022
Anxiety is part of life. If we don’t teach kids how to manage anxiety, then they won’t know how to manage it as an adult.
Don’t Ask an Angry Kid to “Use Your Words”
Date: February 20th, 2022
We’re always coaching kids to “Use your words,” but is that a good idea when they’re angry and upset? I’d rather validate the feeling and get them to take a minute.
A Different Response to RUDE %#$@!!!
Date: July 25th, 2021
It’s very hard not to be indignant when a kid is rude to us. But is that the best response? Here’s what I do instead.
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