As teachers, we understand how important it is to build relationships with our students, their parents, and our colleagues. 

However, do we always do it for the right reason?

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What do great classroom teachers and great swimming instructors have in common? 

Both understand the importance of creating environments in which kids feel safe and successful.

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Parenting is a huge responsibility.

Listen to 5 useful tips for parents and educators who work with parents.

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Teachers know that having a great practice means more than using clever tricks.

Listen to these 5 Tips for Successful Teaching.

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A lesson I learned from one of my students named Billy.
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Teachers can discover ways to communicate with their students non-coercively. Using the communication style of a facilitator will result in students who are internally motivated . 

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Teachers often use their communication style to manipulate students. This podcast will show how they may use a coercive communication style instead of teaching their students how to be self-managers of their own behavior. 

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Teachers, would you listen to a podcast whose methods have been proven to reduce classroom disruptions by over 40% in 5 - weeks?

This practical, easily implemented, four-level system for responding to student behavior can do that for you and make teaching more enjoyable than ever.  

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Sometimes Parents are Hesitant to Come to School

Why might parents be hesitant to come to their child's school or even to their child's conference?

This podcast discusses the many reasons why parents may be hesitant to come to school and what teachers can do to make them more comfortable in order to benefit their students.

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There are a lot of influences on kids today: friends, parents, teachers, social media and oftentimes public figures in the news and media.

When public figures dominate the news and send messages that contradict our values and the values we want to instill in our youth, how do we respond? 

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The end of the school year can be an exciting time. However, not all children are excited for summer. It can be hard leaving the comfort of their classroom and grade. In fact, many kids feel anxious about it. This month's podcast will talk about why some kids have mixed emotions about the end of the school year and how parents and teachers can help.

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Parents, when you tell your kids ``NO," what do they do? Children actually go through some predictable steps to get us to change our mind. Knowing these steps will help us resist their attempts and actually improve our relationship with our children.

Teachers: please share this link with your students' parents.

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"I’ve taken a lot of classes and read a lot of books and know all the tools to use to create a classroom community. What I don’t get is why some years this works and some years it doesn’t. I want to know what else I can do to make this happen."

"Listen to an interview with Jeff and Jon about their thoughts on building classroom communities."

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Teachers and parents often view behavior as a character trait rather than something that has been learned.

It's more accurate, however, to view behavioral self management like other school subjects: something that can be taught.

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Praise can be helpful in developing confident and self assured children. 
However, it can also be harmful. 

Listen to ChildSense podcast: A Better Way to Praise.

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Teaching is a very challenging profession. We are continually given opportunities to grow and learn.

In this episode, Jeff and Jon from ChildSense share some regrets they've experienced.

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Have any of you ever been faced with a situation in your classroom when you’ve seen a student do something wrong but they refuse to admit it?

Or, you’re pretty sure that they’ve done something wrong but you didn’t see it and they won’t admit to what YOU think they did?

Many teachers think that in order to hold students accountable for a certain behavior, the teacher either needs to observe the behavior or there needs to be an admission of guilt.  

When that doesn't happen, teachers often throw up their hands and just give up because they don’t know what to do.

We believe that even when a teacher doesn't observe the behavior or the student doesn’t confess, we can still teach a lesson.    

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When teachers are challenged by parents, their responses can become defensive, dismissive or divisive. This often causes situations to get worse. WORKING WITH CHALLENGING PARENTS gives teachers the skills to respond to challenging parents in a confident manner that builds relationships. Designed for general/special education teachers, administrators, and university instructors, WORKING WITH CHALLENGING PARENTS will create a collaborative community between schools and parents to best help the child.

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