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Problem: An 8-year-old girl has been bullying children on the bus, and the standard warnings and conversations with this student have not stopped the bullying. Suggestion: The 8-year-old girl loses the privilege of going on the bus thereby preempting the bullying problem on the bus as she is no longer in that situation or setting. …

What is another way to “Choose the Situation/Setting” that will lead to success? Read More »

What’s another way to help kids Plan Ahead so that they can use better self-control? Advance Notice is another great strategy! Say a child has a history of consistently running out of the school building when he passes by one of the doors. As you walk down the hallway, you might say, “Hey Isaac, we’re …

The foundations of self-control – Plan Ahead Read More »

Happy Monday! Perhaps you’ve seen my favorite way to teach problem-solving skills. It has four simple steps: 4 Steps to Teach Problem Solving: Say the Problem List 4+ Solutions Choose the best one(s) Do it! There’s one little trick in Step #2 that sounds ridiculous and counterintuitive, but it really makes a difference. What is …

I know it sounds CRAZY, but it works! Read More »

My name is Miriam Schiff, CCC/SLP, MA, MS Ed, and I’m a longtime graduate of Dr. Devora Samet’s Red and Green Social Skills Training Course. I’d like to share a fun way I recently worked on problem-solving skills with a third grade student. We randomly went through magazine pictures and we tried to scout out …

A fun and creative way to teach problem-solving skills! Miriam Schiff shows us how… Read More »

Yes, we all know about DISTRESS, but are you familiar with EUSTRESS??? Eustress is defined as moderate or normal stress that comes from happy events, not sad ones. Here are some examples of eustress and distress. However… Each person might experience the same event differently. An event that can be EUSTRESS to one, might be …

Do you recognize eustress in your life??? Read More »

Yes, Pesach is coming… In fact, it’s less than two weeks away. Ouch, did that bring up lots of feelings??? We’ve established that feelings need to be discharged in order to avoid emotional explosions, but how do we actually do it? There are lots of different ways to do it. Here is one super simple …

My feelings don’t make any sense… or maybe they do??? Read More »

How often has a kid told you, “Why talk about my feelings if nothing is gonna change?” How often have we said the same thing at some point in our lives? It sometimes feel useless just to talk about emotions when what we really want is action. But there’s truth to the idea that if …

When your emotions are exploding… then what??? Read More »

Emotion regulation or knowing how to deal with one’s emotions in a calm or socially skillful manner, is a hot topic these days. So many kids (and even adults) struggle with it. So what do you do if a child is jealous? Reprimand then and tell them that it is a bad character trait that …

The last thing you should ever do when a child is jealous! Read More »