39. Five Ways to Respond to Disruptive Behavior

We discuss how to apply a few of the strategies shared by Scott Ervin, "The Kid Whisperer," who achieved astonishing feats of classroom management as a teacher and then became nationally recognized for his adaptations of Love & Logic. (4:10) "What's filling our buckets?" segment. (5:45) Nic shares some of the prefaces about the tips that he got to hear Scott share live + he shares some perspective on behavior strategy jargon. (9:50) Tip #1: The Confused Eye. (10:55) Tip #2: Contraband Tap. (14:25) Tip #3: The Assumption of Intelligence. (16:15) Tip #4: Statement of Fact. (17:45) Bonus Tip: "The Perfect Intervention" AKA an "Indirect Prompt". (20:00) Tip #5: Quick question - ‘What should you be doing?’ (23:10) Takeaways. Tools we talk about: Scott Ervin's article for ASCD