Today, my Jenga tower fell. Teaching students with emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD) feels a…
Month: February 2017
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#2-Don’t Expect Others To Understand
First of all, this is NOT a commentary on our loving spouses, family and friends….
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What NOT to Do #1—Don’t Do it For Them
This March, marks my fourteenth year in education. Twelve of those years I have been…
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The Observation
We’ve all had that one student. You know the one. The clever, charming child who…
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The Things We Do For Students
Kermit and Steve were our classroom frogs. I purchased them mid January and created several…
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Lunch With Rats
If you have ever spent an entire day being talked to, touched, critiqued, questioned and…
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Missing Student
From time to time I Google former students. I admit it, I do. My first…
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The Present
It was a sunny, spring day in the beginning of March. The day began like…