Date: June 5th, 2024
Through management, intervention, and logical consequences, I learn how to manage my skill deficits and challenges, accept who I am, and know proactively how to respond to the world, the good, the bad, and the ugly, without creating disruptions, disrespects, refusals, and safeties.
Date: June 2nd, 2024
Polly answers the question: “We give our kids with higher ACES scores extra support but they often still resort to escalating behaviors and/or refusal. Why are they still struggling with learning?”
Date: November 21st, 2023
We often define lying as disrespect. But doing this gets our emotions involved and we take the behavior personally.
Date: November 15th, 2023
Kids want control. What they don’t realize is that when they don’t follow instructions, they are actually giving up their control.
Date: November 8th, 2023
Date: October 1st, 2023
Polly answers the question: “I was lining up my middle school kids and one kid kept ignoring my directions and stepping out of line. I told him to go to the office, which he refused to do, but he did get back in line. I called the office and an administrator came down but didn’t do anything because the kid wasn’t refusing at that moment. I felt unsupported. Could I have handled it differently?”
Date: September 3rd, 2023
Polly answers the question: “I have a high school kid who will not turn over her cell phone when I ask for it! It’s my policy and all the kids know it. I know her life is not that positive, and there isn’t a lot of room for learning in her brain right now, but I feel like I need to hold her accountable. It’s always a huge power struggle that results in administrative referral. How can I chip away at her refusal without it costing me our relationship?”
Date: May 10th, 2023
Date: April 19th, 2023
Refusal is one of the top behaviors we’re seeing in our schools! But it’s often viewed as disrespect.
Date: March 22nd, 2023
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