Put Heart in the Art
Mrs. B wasn’t known for having the warmest affect in the school. In fact, a parent conference with her could leave one feeling very chilly! Yet, every April and early May, Mrs. B. put heart in her art and transformed the entire second grade math curriculum into a project known by the locals as “Mrs. B’s Blooming Buds.” Mrs. B’s …
Read More →Disabilities and Culture: A Tale of Two Schools
(ASCD Express, Vol. 7, No. 7. Copyright 2012 by ASCD. All rights reserved. Visit www.ascd.org/ascdexpress.) When students with social and emotional difficulties exhibit significant behavioral problems, teachers often feel at a loss and believe the learner’s needs are beyond their capabilities. They worry about the effect of the student’s behavior on the other learners. Often, this combination of factors leads to an …
Read More →“Make Over” Month
Learners with social, emotional and behavioral challenges tend to be acutely sensitive to the environment. When they detect a warble in the structure, consistency or predictability, they perceive it as a lack of stability and become more reactive. Reactivity leads to an increase in behavior problems. What better time than a new year to revisit your classroom rules, procedures and …
Read More →“Mindful Discipline for Distressed Learners” Book Chapter
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Read More →Quiet the Biology… Calming Techniques
Quiet the Biology: Give Yourself and Your Learners the Gift that Keeps on Giving without Spending a Cent! OMG. It’s holiday time. And it’s exciting, invigorating, and guaranteed to increase stress and shorten emotional fuses. Between elevated expectations for whatever we (or our students) believe we need to make us happy, the heightened stimulation, the changes in routine, and the …
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