Kindergarten teacher Gina Venancio discusses her journey from a new teacher who found herself crying in a closet thinking about quitting to learning how to change her mindset so she stopped taking it so personally.  She realized that her kids were not doing the behavior on purpose to cause her distress.  It was simply not about her!

The key to stopping unwanted behaviors is to focus on why the behavior is happening in the first place.  Gina has narrowed it down to two main reasons kids misbehave.  Kids are trying to access something or avoid something. She explains how she uses a simple post-it note system that helps her identify the why behind the behavior.

Lastly, Gina and Brian discuss the importance of being willing to cancel planned lessons to teach skills that are needed at that moment in time.

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