SXSWedu Student Panelists interview their classmates (1st grade, 5th grade, 11th & 12th grade) about mindfulness.

A daily meeting provides space for students to reflect on their behavior and find positive ways to resolve conflicts.

Every teacher has had at least 1 defiant student in their class, if not more. It is often hard to handle a class when one student goes out of their way to say no to everything you say. Here are 5 tips to disarm a defiant student calmly without losing your patience.

Giving students a chance to step back from a tense situation and take time to cool down and reflect teaches them to manage their emotions and builds resilience and grit.

Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School
GRADES 9 - 12 | NASHVILLE, TN

A Ci3T middle school teacher describes portable games built by students where time to play them can be purchased with PBIS tickets as a reinforcer activity.

The School Responder Model is a strategy for meeting behavioral health needs to keep kids in school and an alternative to exclusionary discipline policies.

This video is so cute... listening to student voice about how they enjoy their mindfulness classes.

Teachers want to intervene in bullying situations but often don’t know what to do. That discourages students from seeking help and contributes to the likelihood that teachers will ignore the problem. This video points to resources for arming adults in their efforts to prevent or stop bullying.

To learn more about evidence-based ways for educators, parents and others to prevent or intervene in bullying visit http://nas.edu/ScienceOnBullying
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There is an epidemic of school suspensions in the U.S. and the downstream consequences are severe. Adults suspend students, and while that may sound obvious, Rosemarie Allen realized that the problem might be the solution. When dealing with the difficult behaviors of children, what if we turned our focus inward?

Dr. Rosemarie Allen works passionately to ensure that children have access to high-quality early childhood programs that are developmentally and culturally appropriate. She teaches classes at Metro State University focused on raising teachers’ awareness of the impact equity, privilege, and power can have in the classroom.