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Joey, like most kids, just wants to be involved. Yes, it could work on our school we just simply need to be on the same page. We all have to get comfortable with being uncomfortable at first as it will take time for plan B/CPS/ALSUP to become streamlined and easy for us all.

If you'd like plan B to be successful, the teacher must start from the beginning if the year and be consistent with it. By doing this, the students become used to be collaboraters with you as unsolved problems arise. #smithlearns

A personal difficulty would be trying to remember what to say for the kinda lagging skills shown in the empathy stage. There are so many options and I'd want to make sure I'm getting the most "bang for my buck" in the beginning stages of the convo.

A benefit of plan B is working collaboratively with the student. The student may a tad less anxious when approached as a partner. The empathy steps seems like a great conversation starter and helps gain a better understanding from the student's perspective.

Plan A is teacher led and doesn't involve the student. Plan A is often just consequences if the student doesn't follow orders. If the teacher is successful with Plan A it is because the students was not lagging in that skill.

can be daunting to try to tackle the unsolved problems, if the unsolved problem has nothing to do with school.

I think the list is pretty accurate. One that resonates with me is difficulty to manage emotional responses to frustation. Over the years, teaching students from all walks of life has alllowed me to see that a lot of outside factors contribute to lacking skills. Sometimes it ...

Unsolved problems are the scenarios that involve the challenging behavior. Lagging skills are the underlying issues that need to be addressed in order to begin repairing the problem. Dr. G says begin by determining which lagging sk. applies to the student.

Dr. Greene tells us that students will do well if they've been explicitly taught or already know their expectations. We react using Plan A a lot of times because we feel like the child "knows better" when in actuality, maybe they don't. #Smithlearns

Our system isn't working because our reactions are mostly rewards and consequence based. Students need to be taught their expectations just like we teach academic skills. Some students are lacking in areas and we should help fill those gaps. #Smithlearns

@smithelem_Noel When "acting out" is happening, the lacking skill needs to be identified and explicitly taught. #SmithLearns

Smith book study question 2. What is the basic premise of the book – what does Dr. Greene believe to be the main problem facing kids with behavioral challenges? Why are they not behaving themselves according to Dr. Greene? #SmithLearns

@smithelem_Noel Dr. Greene is telling us that the children are having difficulties with various lagging skills and unsolved problems. The skills and problems present themselves as sometimes non compliance and/or aggressive behavior. #SmithLearns

@smithelem_Noel The teacher might've taken a less boisterous approach with him in the classroom. Maybe met him at his desk and try to help rather than embarrass him. Seems Joey suffered the most in the scenario.

Smith's Lost at School Book Study Question #1: What was your reaction to the incident involving Joey introduced in the first chapter? Who seems to be suffering in this narrative? Do you think any of the staff members could have reacted differently to Joey? #SmithLearns