Behavior: don’t exit a kid if you can teach around them

Date: September 10th, 2015

Is it our automatic reaction to send a child to “the bench” when they have bad behavior? Watch this video to see why this doesn’t usually result in better behavior.

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Classroom behavior: hand out your own consequences

Date: July 9th, 2015

When a child needs to be given a consequence for their behavior, do we always send them to an administrator? Watch this video to see why this could cause the child to feel he/she doesn’t need to bahave for you.

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Why I don’t like to send kids out of my class.

Date: April 11th, 2013

Watch this video [1:13] to learn why Polly thinks twice before sending one of her students down to the office, instead of managing their behavior herself.

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