From the psychology 101/”self-help” files: Two years ago I blogged about my attempts to change an undesired behavior of mine using some pretty basic behavior management techniques. This evening, I’m going to come at this from another angle: increasing desired behavior through blogging. “Journaling”, or writing down reflections & analyses of one’s own behavior, is [...]
One of the students on my caseload is autistic, and his teacher tells me he has recently developed a fascination with the fire alarms in our school, particularly with the idea of pulling them. A fellow psychologist suggested I develop a social story for this young man that explains appropriate fire alarm protocol (for lack [...]
“Strategies for Working w/Unmotivated, Non-Compliant, Disorganized, Struggling Students” 2
“Strategies for Working w/Unmotivated, Non-Compliant, Disorganized, Struggling Students” 1
I originally wrote this blog post for parenting blog This Mommy Gig; it appeared on August 26th, 2008. I have edited it slightly for inclusion on my blog. Last week, CNN.com reported that over 200,000 children in the US were spanked at school in the 2006-2007 school year. As I read the article (with this [...]
