Stepping Away

I’ve been avoiding writing a blog entry for a while now. Honestly? It’s because I wasn’t sure what to say. I have stepped away from behavior. That’s right, I applied for an in-district transfer last year, left the program for EBD I helped to start, а также (for the first time in more than 13 years) […]

All-New Game: E2E Получить мою козу

I’ve written my first game specifically designed with my current class of functional high school students in mind. I feel relieved to have revived my lesson-planning mojo. The vibe of a functional class is SO DIFFERENT from the high functioning kids with EBD and ASD I’ve taught for so many years. I’m astonished by the […]

The Dumbest Kid in Class, Часть 2: Teacher Tips

After the first post, you may be thinking that the Exeter Math Institute Workshop was terrible and that the instructors were awful. That’s not the case, at all. I got some really cool ideas to share with my gen ed Algebra co-teachers when school starts that I think will benefit students. Naturally, my key focus […]

The Dumbest Kid in Class, Часть 1: When You Find Out You’re Dumb

This week, I attended the Exeter Math Institute teacher training program. It was four, 8-hour days of working math problems. Hard math problems. Math problems that require prior knowledge and understanding of how to use a calculator that did not come from Dollar Tree. I will unabashedly admit that, hands-down, I was THE DUMBEST person […]

Feeling the Burn(out)

I’ve been on my first totally (хорошо…mostly) work-free summer in a few years for the past month. No meetings, few e-mails, not even a ton of work for my own website and book. Teacher burnout, particularly among behavior teachers, is a real and exhausting part of the job. There are loads of statistics, studies, а также […]

Новая книга–Менее Разъяренный, Тем не менее помолвлен–продается! Бесплатные уроки!

Мы до гонок! Новая книга, Менее Разъяренный, Тем не менее помолвлен: Еще один год социальных навыков Уроки для подростков с эмоциональными / поведенческих расстройств или расстройств аутистического спектра в прямом эфире на Teachers Pay Учителей. Есть четыре совершенно БЕСПЛАТНО НОВЫЕ УРОКИ, доступные в листинговой ссылку; просто нажмите на выбор предварительного просмотра в списке. Мы также […]

What’s New in Book 2?

Here’s the abstract/overview from Teachers Pay Teachers. Lots of new stuff. We learned so much from the first book, and we’re bringing ourAgame this year! ********************************************** Если вы прошли занятия по профессиональному развитию, в которых подчеркивается важность социального / эмоционального обучения, но не предоставили дорожную карту того, как на самом деле обучать этим навыкам, here is your […]

Book 2 Releasing on Monday. Probably. We Hope.

We’re almost ready! Book 2 is scheduled to drop on Teachers Pay Teachers on Monday morning. Honestly, I’m a little embarrassed looking back at Book 1 now that this one is almost finished. This time, I’ve got standards alignment, cost breakdowns, supply lists, better questions, more games, links to reproducibles stored on our own server…а также […]

Holy CowWhat. A. Year. (NEW FREE LESSON)

You may have noticed my absence of blog posts this spring. That’s because you can’t blog when you’re patrolling the lesser-known nooks and crannies of a high school, walkie-talkie in hand, pursuing a defiant teenager like Zaroff in The Most Dangerous Game (shout out to my English teachers!). I’ve been clipping away on the second book, […]