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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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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Date: March 22nd, 2023
What do we need to do in order to prevent behaviors from becoming safety issues?
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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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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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Date: December 28th, 2022
When little kids misbehave, we automatically think they are being disrespectful. But are they?
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Date: January 2nd, 2022
Pretty much every action done by our students can be defined by these four common behaviors.
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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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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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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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