“Are They Bad or Do They Need Help?” What to Do About It
Start with the room, not the child. In Part 2 of her teacher’s guide, Karlie Froseth, an occupational therapist at Prairie Grit Therapy, lays out seven classroom-wide changes that cost nothing, the responses that tend to backfire, how to talk with families, and what to document before you refer.
“Are They Bad or Do They Need Help?” Reading the Behavior
The question every teacher asks by week three is the wrong one. Karlie Froseth, MOT, OTR/L, an occupational therapist at Prairie Grit Therapy, explains what classroom behavior is buying, what sits underneath eight common presentations, why quiet students get missed, and how two weeks of notes reveal the pattern.