Ask Polly Bath: Hitting? Spitting? HELP!!!

Date: January 13th, 2024

Polly answers the question: “I have a kid who hits and spits at others. We have two paraprofessionals in the room and we all try our best to watch her but as soon as we hear a scream we know… she has done something to someone. Even though she gets sent to the office all the time she isn’t getting any better. Do you have any ways of dealing with this?”

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Safety Issues at Recess?

Date: September 13th, 2023

When a kid won’t come in after recess, or they run off the playground, this is a safety issue.

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Prevent Behaviors from Becoming Safety Issues

Date: March 22nd, 2023

What do we need to do in order to prevent behaviors from becoming safety issues?

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WHAT Is the Behavior?

Date: March 15th, 2023

Look at a child’s behavior. Is it a disruption? Disrespect? Refusal? Safety? The problem a behavior creates is a lot more important than the behavior itself.

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Don’t Overuse “Be Safe!”

Date: March 8th, 2023

We don’t want to overuse the terms “Be safe!” and “Be careful!” because they actually plant imminent fear and danger in a kid’s mind.

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Are Little Kids Being Disrespectful?

Date: December 28th, 2022

When little kids misbehave, we automatically think they are being disrespectful. But are they?

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Describe the 4 Most Common School Behaviors

Date: January 2nd, 2022

Pretty much every action done by our students can be defined by these four common behaviors.

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Mask Power Struggles!

Date: January 10th, 2021

Right now, one of the most common questions that a client will ask me is, “How should we handle a student who REFUSES to wear a mask?” This is what I recommend.

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Can We Make Social Distancing FUN?

Date: September 6th, 2020

When we are back in the classroom, boundaries will be even more important to teach our littles. Here are a couple FUN ways to do this.

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SAFE is Now a Confusing Word to Kids!!!

Date: May 16th, 2020

I’ve always thought we were a little confusing in the way we used the word SAFE with kids. Now, in the time of the Coronavirus, are we confusing them even more?

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