How to Deal With a Kid Running Out of Your Classroom | Let’s Talk About Behavior | POLLY BATH
Date: November 30th, 2025
You’ve got to have a plan for when littles run out of the classroom. Here’s how.
Ask Polly Bath: Kindergartener Hitting, Spitting, and Throwing Things!
Date: November 25th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “I have a 5-year-old student who destroys the classroom, hits, spits, and throws things. Just about everyday we call home for an early pickup, but there must be something else we can be doing here. Suggestions?”
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?
Ask Polly Bath: Student Hates You?
Date: December 22nd, 2024
Polly answers the question: “I am a paraprofessional dealing with a fifth-grade boy who curses me out, hits me, throws things at me, and generally terrorizes me. He says he hates me and wants to force me to quit my job. I do not have support from the teacher. What can I do?”
Ask Polly Bath: Swearing in SEL Program?
Date: September 22nd, 2024
Polly answers the question: “I teach a program for kids who have significant social emotional challenges and they use foul language frequently. But if I used the standard approach with them, I’d have them in detention for swearing every day! How do I handle this?”
Ask Polly Bath: I’ve Got a Runner!
Date: November 26th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “I work in a self-contained, more restrictive program. We have one kid who has a history of being a ‘runner.’ I want to prevent this but I realize that I can’t possibly block doors or be at two doors at once. How can we prepare for this in advance? And how can we respond so the running stops eventually?”
Ask Polly Bath: Out of Control Behavior?
Date: September 10th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “When a kid gets so upset that they smash a window, are they aware of how out of control they are? And what’s a logical consequence?”
Ask Polly: Encourage Kids Who Don’t Have Behaviors?
Date: June 10th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “Our high school has kids who work really hard and never get into trouble but it seems like we get so bogged down dealing with the kids who are having problems that these kids feel ignored. How can we encourage them to keep up the great work?”
Ask Polly: Violence in High Schools
Date: April 8th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “We have had an incredible up-tick in violence in our high school recently and we’re very worried! Why are kids so physically aggressive with each other these days?”
Ask Polly: High School Behavior and the Office
Date: March 19th, 2023
Polly answers the question: “I send high schoolers down to the office when they act up in my class and it doesn’t seem to make any difference! So I wonder if I should just save the office for really higher level stuff so the kids know when they have truly gone too far?”
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