Author: Mary Reynolds

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⚡ Energy Hack The Behavior Equation! ⚡

Energy Hacking is Faster than you can say Abracadabra! You’ve read the behavior books. You’ve sat through endless IEP meetings. You look beneath the surface with the Iceberg Theory, and you’ve mastered the “HALT” check-in. Yet, you’re still going home exhausted, and the explosive (or implosive) behaviors in your classroom

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The Shocking Science of “Vibe Check”

  Your Energy, Their Outcome: Is Your Vibe Crushing or Lifting?   What Two Bullied Plants Can Teach Us About Classroom and Home Behaviors In 2018, IKEA collaborative conducted a fascinating, viral experiment in a Swedish school. They took two identical Dracaena plants, placed them in the same environment, and

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ONE Rule

Let’s Create Better Ways for Today’s Children Dear Difference Maker, This week’s 30-Second TurnAround is about how to stop the generational legacy of pain and trauma we have the option of passing on to this generation. I’ll never forget when I was seventeen my mother said, “You just wait until

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