Teach Anxiety Management for the Real World
Date: July 24th, 2022
Anxiety is part of life. If we don’t teach kids how to manage anxiety, then they won’t know how to manage it as an adult.
Anxiety: “I Can’t Find the Words”
Date: July 17th, 2022
Kids often have a hard time expressing themselves, they can’t always find the words. As much as we want to jump in to help them, don’t! Just give them time!
Blurred Lines of Authority at Home
Date: July 10th, 2022
When the lines of authority are blurry at home, those kids bring that into school. Which means we have to teach them that things are different at school.
Screen Time as a Behavior Reward?
Date: July 3rd, 2022
‘Screen time’ as a reward does not teach social skills. Which means you could be making social skills worse by using screen time as a reward.
Assume Kids DO NOT Have Skills
Date: June 19th, 2022
We make things easier for ourselves when we stop assuming kids have certain skills already. Instead, assume they DON’T have those skills and go ahead and teach them!
Teach the Do’s and Don’ts of Apologies
Date: May 8th, 2022
Making a kid give an apology doesn’t actually mean they feel sorry. Here’s how to teach meaningful apologies!
I Beg You. Teach Transition Skills.
Date: April 23rd, 2022
There will be behaviors if we expect kids to transition without teaching them those skills!
Change Behaviors with Your Detentions
Date: April 10th, 2022
Disrespect is a Behavior to Manage
Date: April 3rd, 2022
Before we can hold kids responsible for DISRESPECT we really have to define RESPECT. Then we have to teach it.
How I Change Behavior
Date: March 20th, 2022
Intervention is the purposeful teaching of skills, and it is a powerful way to change a student’s behaviors.
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