My life saver this week…

So as we all know, some of our kiddo’s like to start new behaviors.  This week, I have a whole NEW kid.  I am convinced its puberty (5th grade boy).  This student is obsessed with fans and air conditioner units.  He will get lost in the sound and begin to stem.  I try to prevent this at all costs, but this week I caved.

I used one of the working cards from my Positive Reinforcement Card Pack on TPT, and let him work for the fan.  At first I had to reward him every 3 minutes, but by today we were up to 20 minute increments.  This card saved my life this week!  While this is still a temporary fix, it is managing the tantrums so that all of my students are safe.  I am still working to figure out the sudden  change in behaviors, but at least for today we are managing the behaviors.  

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