L. Special Challenges


QUESTION:
I work with very low math students. 
Part of my plan for next year is to convince them that
 things can be different. I want to convince them that they can find
 success and not be so frustrated! The worst behavior cases seem
 to be the kids that have given up.
 But then [...]

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QUESTION:
I have an ADHD student in my class who takes up at least a third of my time. I’m not sure if this would be part of the DwStress approach, but I have decided that from now on he will go to the In-School Discipline Room whenever he is disrupting my class. I feel that [...]

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QUESTION:
I have used DWS for about five or six years now and plan to continue to do so in the fall with my new Grade 3 class. I will be getting a student with Asperger’s Syndrome, who has a full time E.A. From what I understand, much of his day is based [...]

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QUESTION:
I have a 3rd grade student who is demonstrating increasingly 
disruptive behaviors. I have all kinds 
of support with him - my principal, school counselor, 
behavioral specialist - we’re all involved, every day. This boy can work elsewhere when he can’t manage in the classroom. My question is this: How do I 
teach the [...]

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My teaching partner, Darlene had a very effective “DISCIPLINE without STRESS discussion” this week with Casey, one of our Special Needs students. Although Casey is several years older than the other children in our Grade One class, socially he does best with this age group because he has the same play interests as six [...]

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Recently, I attended a community workshop. Over the lunch hour I happened to sit with a very interesting lady. After a few minutes, our conversation turned to what we did for a living and I explained that I was a teacher. She told me that she worked for the Ministry of Social Services, [...]

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QUESTION:
I teach kindergarten and all my students seem to be getting the idea of the levels. Today I found out that a special needs student will be joining my class. Although she is five years old, test results show that she is functioning at a 23-month old level. I am worried that this [...]

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