#3: Бог в деталях (то есть. “Куры продолжают клевать”)

***Это третья запись в продолжающейся серии, в которой подробно рассказывается об открытии нового районного центра EBD, расположенного в традиционной средней школе.. Теперь, когда “обычный” учебный год закончился, Дженни и я в гуще подготовки к новой программе. Я думал, что меня будет тянуть в меньшем количестве направлений. […]

“Кто дает финал в социальных навыках?!?”

Pfft. That one’s easy to answer: every single teacher who works in a school that requires all credit courses to culminate in a final exam. That’s who. School districts aren’t too keen on ideas likethe real benchmark of a student’s success will come not in the classroom, but in the corridors outside of it.” […]

Like a Magnet

Wherever I go, I am a magnet for quirky people. Statistically, the probability of engaging in an interaction with a person with behavior disorders is pretty good for any individual. Something like 10% of teenagers in America have a conduct disorder. Something like 90% of my outings into the community involve an interaction with a person […]

Behavior Plans Begin At Home

One of the pitfalls of being thebehavior ladyis that everyone (E-V-E-R-Y-O-N-E) you know gets put on a behavior plan at some point. And they work even more poorly at home than at work. Right now, I’ve got my longtime partner, George, on a BIP. I have had George on a BIP since I […]

I’m Judging You!

Being thebehavior ladyis a weird job. My contract (and my teensy, weensy, itty, bitty paycheck) saysteacher.My clipboard and walkie-talkie sayadministrator” (Even though I’m not. Серьезно. I have zero power to make any decisions about anything). I’ve been going around doing a LOT of interviews with current case managers and classroom […]

TheFinalsCountdown!

George and I were talking about school (because, second only to talking about what OUR kids are doing and how we’re going to pay for dry rot repair around the chimney, school is our primary topic of conversation), and the subject of final exams came up. I’ve been doing thisalternative schedulingthing with kids […]