Stop the RideI Wanna Get Off!

We survived the first week of the new program. I’m not gonna lie. It wasn’t pretty. It’s Saturday night, and I’m still trying to recover. You know it was a tough one when scrubbing the ring out of your kidstoilet at home looks like a smashing-good time. So many things haven’t quite turned out […]

Retour à l'école à chargement frontal pour les adolescents

I’ve read a couple of good articles with ideas to prepare younger kids with EBD and/or ASD to come back to school. This article focuses on social stories, which are great for elementary kids and lower-functioning secondary kids: https://www.iidc.indiana.edu/pages/How-to-get-your-child-with-asd-ready-for-a-new-school-year. But what about those higher-functioning teens? My students would poop their pants laughing if I tried to give […]

NOUVEAU, Plan de leçon gratuit affiché!

I’m getting back into the swing of things and gearing up for the start of the new school year in August. I’ve written a new lesson that teaches kids/teens how to stay on topic in conversations, and it’s posted on enraged2engaged.com on the resources page (“Roundtable Repartee”). Please sign up to get e-mail notifications about […]

#5: Greasing the Wheels (Sucking Up to Your Colleagues)

***This is the fifth blog post in a continuing series detailing the launch of a new district EBD center housed inside a traditional high school. I know you may find this difficult to believe, but my colleagues are feeling some trepidation about the 17 children with severe behavior problems coming to their school in August. I know. […]

#4 Le (Supervision) Matrix “There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.

***This is the fourth blog post in a continuing series detailing the launch of a new district EBD center housed inside a traditional high school. Yep. I just quoted The Matrix. Because–Lord knows–engaging in this line of work will, most surely, open your eyes to all sorts of alternate realities. We may be at school, but it’s a […]