Date: January 6th, 2019
Neither praise nor punishment will work for the child who doesn’t know what you want.
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Date: October 20th, 2018
I get a lot of argument about this, but here’s what I do when a kid uses misbehavior to get attention.
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Date: September 12th, 2018
Do we hinder a kid when we over-accommodate? We mean well, but sometimes do we go too far?
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Date: June 20th, 2018
Rewards can be meaningful or meaningless. It’s up to you.
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Date: May 5th, 2018
If you use rewards with a manipulative kid, I promise you it will backfire.
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Date: December 26th, 2017
I’d be careful about giving extra time on technology as a reward to a kid with low SEL skills!
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Date: April 24th, 2017
When using a reward system, we need to be careful not to over-reward. Watch this video to see why.
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Date: February 22nd, 2017
Using rewards isn’t always a bad thing. BUT are rewards internally motivating your students? Watch this video for my tip on how to do this.
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Date: March 31st, 2016
An external reward program might be a good start with some students. But if we don’t go beyond that, then we’re not actually helping these kids. Watch this video for more.
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Date: February 11th, 2016
If we reward our students for things that they should be doing anyway, then those reward systems are going to backfire. Watch this video for more.
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