Adults need to meet their needs before the child’s needs. Put your oxygen mask on before you place your child’s oxygen mask on! – Gene Bedley

One way to reinforce all students for their responsible choices in a classroom is to reinforce responsibility when it happens. Implementation Procedure for Clip Classroom Management. 1-All children have pins with name or number written on the pins. 2-All pins are clipped to white board for start of the day. Place blue and green cards… Read more »

For it is in giving that we receive. – Saint Francis of Assisi

With Selected Problem Solving Ideas 1. Most often a weighted Learning Vest has been used as part of a recommendation for one child to use as part of their IEP. Parents and entire team approve it’s use as a learning option. 2. Some teachers use the Weighted Learning Vest as a tool that students (both… Read more »

If you have a small child that can’t sit still you might want to consider getting a small child’s vest at Wal Mart or a similar store. Have a friend or volunteer sew small weights into the interior of the vest. The child wears the vest and feels the weight of the vest as a… Read more »

Turn a 25-50 pound bag of rice into a Rice-ocerus that kids can pick to sit on their lap to take care of. It also serves as a great reminder for children that the assignment they are presently working on is a seat activity. In all cases it is something to be selected from the… Read more »

To Help Students Accomplish Learning Goals Gene Bedley’s Seminar Discipline & the Difficult Child For children who are confused where they are in their day and who have ground figure problems (they only see all the problems on the page and can’t seem to focus on one at a time) try using pictures of various… Read more »

HONESTY ~ Character Trait It is so important for parents and schools to share in the goal of helping our children develop a strong character, which can help them to resist the powerful negative influence of some of their peers and some parts of our culture and society. We don’t expect them to discover the… Read more »

Teach Children It’s Still Me Under the Funny Hat Dear Gene, I just got home from your seminar today in Rochester, NY. The whole way home (1 1/2 hour drive) I discussed with a colleague all the exciting ideas we learned and how we could adapt them to our classroom. We came up with handing… Read more »

Treat others with Respect on the inside as well as the outside. – Gene Bedley