The Kid Whisperer Podcast Featuring Scott Ervin and Pat Kiely: Episode 23 (LIVE!)

This special podcast was recorded with a live audience at Base Camp Outdoor Co. in Dayton, Ohio.

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Topics in this episode include:

What is the best strategy for whiny kids?

What advice do you have for aides in the lunchroom to help with power struggles with all of the students they see every day?

Should teachers give DLOs during recess or during independent work time?

What is the difference between a punishment and a DLO?

How do these strategies and procedures work for students with special needs?

Our child sometimes gets upset at daycare when he’s asked to do something he doesn’t want to do. What is a good consequence for this?

Should I pay my kid to do chores? Also, my child has been keeping the lunch money I give him instead of spending it on lunch at school.

Our son had an extremely rough year with behaviors last year at school. We are trying to get a fresh start this school year, but he already has the reputation of "the bad kid.” How should we work with the school and how do we set a standard at the beginning of this new school year to try to end this cycle?