My New Favorite SEL Book!
Date: June 7th, 2020
I got a WONDERFUL comment recommending a NYTimes best-seller for kids on SEL. I fell in love with it and wanted to pass it along to you all as well!
Sugar-Coated Control?
Date: June 3rd, 2020
Are rewards backfiring on you? (Thanks to Rheta DeVries for “sugar-coated control.”)
My New S.E.L. Sensory Sidewalk!
Date: May 31st, 2020
Here’s my NEW, FUN Sensory Sidewalk for Social Emotional Learning. Let’s inject a little play into the serious subject of behavior!
‘Organization’ is a Skill, Not a Behavior!
Date: May 27th, 2020
Behavior: Are You SORRY?
Date: May 23rd, 2020
Are we teaching kids that sorry is a magic word that makes problems go away? If so, they won’t know what a REAL apology is supposed to be!
Behavior and Respect – Don’t Be Confusing!
Date: May 20th, 2020
How can we expect kids to demonstrate RESPECT if their only definitions of respect are from the behavior posters on school walls?
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?
Behavior: I’m Not Doing This!
Date: May 13th, 2020
Behaviors are sometimes symptoms and we have to figure out what the CAUSAL factor is.
It Is So Easy to Misuse Breaks in a Behavior Plan
Date: May 6th, 2020
Of course it’s Ok to provide for breaks in a Behavior Plan, but…don’t fall into the usual traps.
Disruption! Refusal!
Date: May 3rd, 2020
DISRUPTION and REFUSAL are the big behaviors! But we make things more complicated than we need to!
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