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Behavior Issues

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A safe place to discuss behavior issues for all kids with challenges.

New School (5 posts)

  • Profile picture of Ben Edwards Ben Edwards said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    My son is starting a new school in 10 days. We think we found the best possible school for him, but I am worried about the transition. My son tends to get mouthy when stressed out and this can cause problems at school. He does well academically, but behaviorally he can get himself into trouble. Anyone have any experience with how to get off to the best possible start at at new school?

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  • Profile picture of Julia Roberts Julia Roberts said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Humm…we’ve tried to always start the year normal with caution. Meaning we warn the teacher there could be trouble but let’s all try to start of expecting that things will go well. A little reward system? Maybe for days he does okay he can get a sticker/star then when there are so many he gets to do XYZ. Usually a meeting early on to discuss possible issues and how to handle them. One thing I HATE is a negative system for them but sadly that is what is happening this year so we will see. We’ve always chosen to play down the negative behavior and pump up the good behavior…because it works better for him

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  • Profile picture of Ben Edwards Ben Edwards said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Thanks Julia. We have talked about a behavior system, which we may implement. We may also ask to meet with the teacher early this year. Hopefully she will read his old grade cards from his old school. His last 2 teachers wrote out exactly how to deal with my son’s stubborn streak. It is not hard, but does require a bit of awareness of what is going on with him. We have also talked with our son about what we expect in the new year and I think that helped. He will probably be fine, I will be the one who will be worried until that first teacher-parent meeting.

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  • Profile picture of Siobhan Wolf Shaffer Siobhan Wolf Shaffer said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    We switched schools last year and I found it particularly helpful to take Adia in for a tour of the building prior to starting. The principal also made an arrangement for us to meet her teacher so that she would have that under her belt before the first day of school. Fortunately, depending on how you look at it, she usually has very little behavior issues at school…she seems to save them up so we only have them at home.

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  • Profile picture of melanie adams melanie adams said 1 year, 6 months ago:

    def take him to meet the teacher and see the school it helps. Also make sure they undertsand what his normal habbits are. For instance my son was in a school that had classrooms in portables so my son never had to ask. Well we moved from florida to norfolk and the school here does not have portables . The first month he peed his pants a lot until I figured out that he did not undersatnd he had to ask.

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