tidbits

small tidbits from the past week and a half:
:) -excitement and enthusiasm for the kindness patrol!
:( -then students calling the photos of the kindness patrol students "dumb" "gay" and "ugly" so the kindness kinda backfired!
:( -9 year old girl crying in the hallway because students are teasing her, calling her "smelly," "ugly," and other mean things.
:( -two boys brought into my office to resolve a conflict tell a girl that they don't like her, but won't say why and keep taunting her without engaging in problem solving.
:) -the next day when i went to talk to one of the boys one on one, he recognized how mean he was being and drew a nice picture for the girl.
:( -after a *successful* collaborative problem solving session about a 6 year old wetting her pants multiple times during the day, she walks away with wet bottoms! hmmm, anxiety and stress may be playing a larger role in this than we thought, even though the collab.prob.solv. was totally chill, empathetic and she understood that she wasn't in trouble!
:) -the boy who was cutting his wrists in class with a razor, came to school smiling the past two days.
:) -the boy in a special day class was found to have below average to average ranged cognition, not an intellectual disability,
:( -but he still runs out of the classroom and has a very difficult time following directions.
:) -deep breaths rock!