Consequences That Change Student Behavior | Let’s Talk About Behavior | POLLY BATH

Date: November 9th, 2025

If the consequence isn’t working, why do we continue to use the same consequence?

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Kids Swearing in the Hallway? | Let’s Talk About Behavior | POLLY BATH

Date: August 2nd, 2025

What’s the secret to reducing swearing in the hallway of your school?

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Play Can Enhance Your Curriculum

Date: September 11th, 2024

Here’s how we can incorporate the power of play into our curriculum delivery.

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Start the Day with Play

Date: September 4th, 2024

I recently saw a teacher bring play into “morning meeting,” and it was VERY effective.

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Motivate with Short Successes

Date: July 2nd, 2024

When kids see their successes with short, frequent assessments, this keeps them motivated.

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Ask Polly Bath: Extra Support Not Helping?

Date: June 2nd, 2024

Polly answers the question: “We give our kids with higher ACES scores extra support but they often still resort to escalating behaviors and/or refusal. Why are they still struggling with learning?”

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Ask Polly Bath: Too Little SEL to Get SEL?

Date: May 10th, 2024

Polly answers the question: “How do you engage a kid in social skills lessons if they don’t seem to have enough social skills to participate?”

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Strengthen Tier 1 Behaviors

Date: May 1st, 2024

How can you use school values to strengthen Tier 1 behaviors?

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Ask Polly Bath: Kids Plugging Toilets on Purpose?

Date: October 29th, 2023

Polly answers the question: “Ok… quick question: Why do kids plug the toilet!?”

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What is an Apology?

Date: October 18th, 2023

Are you teaching your students that there is more to apologizing than just saying the words I’m sorry?

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