Effective behavioral management is essential in successful schools. In order for children to be able to learn and be successful in school they need to first learn how to behave in school. Learning only takes place when students are ready to learn and this only takes place when they are excited about learning. Schools need to use a multi-tiered approach to behavioral and academic interventions with students. It is only through multiple interventions that students with challenging behaviors are able to change and learn. The days of students just being suspended for inappropriate behavior has...

Children often are confused and unable to learn do to the stress in their lives. It is impossible for them to be able to focus and learn when their minds are jumbled up with anxiety. Through mindful techniques children are able to calm their minds and be able to focus on problem solving, critical thinking, and learning. With all of the challenges parents and teachers have to face attempting to teach children, there is a simply way for them to be able to reach out to children and help children learn how to manage their own behavior. Children who are able to manage their own behavior do far...

Students learn best when they are excited about the class. It is important to be able to learn how to motivate students enough for them to want to be in class and learn. With all of the emphasis on testing in education it is important to take a step back and look at how to make learning fun again so that students will want to be in school. Putting the fun back into the classroom gives several strategies for making the classroom a place that invites students to want to learn. It helps teachers to be able to energize their teaching again so that they will remember why they went into teaching....