Kristen moved the 123 Magic post for this week to Friday. I think she was just sick of my tardiness.

FYI…

Part 1

Part 2

Part three is very appropriately entitled “No Child Will Thank You.” It’s true. They won’t.

This section deals with:

Chapter 10: The six kinds of testing and manipulation (only six?) and how to manage it.
Chapter 11: Counting in action. Some real life examples of counting being used and a running commentary about it. Probably the most helpful chapter yet, or the “meatiest” anyway, but it wouldn’t be so without the rest of the book so make sure you read it all.
and Chapter 12: More serious offenses, including kids with ODD and CD. Dr. Phelan offers some great tips on dealing with first time offenses as opposed to repeat offenders, primarily focussing on tween & teen rebellious types of action. He distinguishes between major, medium & minor offenses and includes a helpful section on lying.

Oy. It’s a good thing I have several years to prepare.

I don’t have much to say about this section, shockingly. I’ve never parented a teen and when dealing with the more serious behaviours in my classroom the 123 has always worked. Teaching is a great job. Children usually listen to me WAY better than they listen to their own parents and I rarely have behaviour issues in my classroom. With my own kids, though, I won’t be the “cool teacher.” I sincerely hope this stuff works at home as well as it does at school!