When you have a student displaying challenging behavior, you might find yourself (accidentally) giving them one choice that you view as "right" and a punishment. 💡Let’s imagine you have a student rolling around on the carpet. Here’s what that might sound like: “You can sit on your bottom or you can practice at recess.” Well... if they choose to practice at recess, you’re screwed because they’re still rolling around on the carpet. 🤦🏻‍♀️ (And I’d bet a lot of money that you’d be about to get into a power struggle because they didn’t make the choice you wanted.) So, what do you do instead? ✨Give 2 choices that you can live with.✨ Here’s what it might sound like: “You can sit on your bottom, or you can put your feet out in front of you.” I bet you’d be absolutely fine with your s