Date: July 28th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “In my position, I offer support to kids who have difficult life circumstances. However, sometimes it seems the child doesn’t have the bandwidth to process my suggestions and still participate in their classwork. Do you have any ideas for me?”
Date: January 13th, 2024
Polly answers the question: “I have a kid who hits and spits at others. We have two paraprofessionals in the room and we all try our best to watch her but as soon as we hear a scream we know… she has done something to someone. Even though she gets sent to the office all the time she isn’t getting any better. Do you have any ways of dealing with this?”
Date: May 17th, 2023
When kids are unraveling from an emotional standpoint, the best thing we can do is demonstrate by our response how we want them to respond in the future.
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?”
Date: June 26th, 2022
When a kid says or does something that gets under our skin, the worst thing we can do is show that it annoyed us. Instead, we want to keep those emotions inside and a neutral face on the outside.
Date: May 1st, 2022
If you’ve got kids with trauma in your class and you give an assignment that requires creative thinking, you need to know they may not have access to their imagination.
Date: February 20th, 2022
We’re always coaching kids to “Use your words,” but is that a good idea when they’re angry and upset? I’d rather validate the feeling and get them to take a minute.
Date: February 12th, 2022
This pandemic has caused a gap between developmental age and chronological age for many kids. So what do we do when a 10th grader acts like a 7th grader or a kindergartner behaves like a 2 year old?
Date: January 16th, 2022
When kids don’t have a sense of belonging, it makes it difficult for them to learn. And, thanks to the pandemic, many of our students are struggling with feeling like they don’t belong!
Date: November 30th, 2021
These uncertain times have made both behaviors and student engagement worse. But, exhausted though many of us may be, we can still take a clear-eyed look at what we can do to improve behavior and engagement now. This workshop will look at how every educator can: Reduce chronic student stress and anxiety with simple, doable […]
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