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Inappropriate behavior definitely affects not just the child who is acting inappropriately,
but the whole class and the teacher. If an adult’s telling you how to act some
kids just don’t want to do what adults say. The bottom line is if they’re gonna be successful
in school they have to have the good behavior, the good social skills.
There are not really great books of social stories. There are not really great videos.
You can’t have an issue in your classroom and boom, pull up a video. Now you can.
It’s literally at my fingertips all day. It’s the kids teaching the kids and it’s
interactive. It’s not boring. These characters have a special way of communicating
to kids. It reinforces the positive in what is the
right thing to do. Playing at recess, how to walk down the hallway.
One student is going above and beyond and making sure he is saying “please” and
“thank you” with everything that he does. They really love the characters.
WonderGrove is not something I knew I needed, but once I had it, and once I figured out
how to use it, now I need it.