Duties Are An Opportunity to Teach Social Skills

Date: April 24th, 2019

Lunch and recess are a great time to teach kids the social skills they are missing.

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Wonder if a Kid is NOT SORRY?

Date: April 21st, 2019

If a student isn’t sincerely sorry, could it be that we need to teach empathy for them to understand?

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Stop Banning Social Media in School!

Date: March 23rd, 2019

Kids have no boundaries on social media. And they never will if we just continue to ban it. INSTEAD we need to TEACH them how to use it!

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Teach Kids to Handle Anxiety, Not Hide

Date: March 8th, 2019

How will our students learn to deal with anxiety if we give them so many accommodations they never have to experience it?!

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Teach REAL Apologizing, Not FAKE Apologizing

Date: February 20th, 2019

We need to teach kids that an apology is supposed to have MEANING behind it! It’s not just saying “I’m sorry.”

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Kids with Fine Motor Deficits Get FRUSTRATED!

Date: February 13th, 2019

What happens when a student lacks fine motor skills and social skills? BEHAVIORS!!!

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Don’t Solve All Their Problems for Them

Date: January 30th, 2019

We aren’t doing our kids any favors when we over-accommodate instead of helping them learn how to problem-solve for themselves.

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Cause and Effect Bulletin Board to IMPROVE BEHAVIOR

Date: January 27th, 2019

Here’s an example of how one teacher used a BEHAVIOR Cause and Effect Bulletin Board to EASILY improve behaviors.

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Don’t Waste In-School Suspension

Date: January 16th, 2019

In-School Suspension should be In-School INTERVENTION!

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Behavior, Play, and Recess Duty

Date: January 12th, 2019

I prevent behaviors and teach play using these purposeful Recess Duty techniques!

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