Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: My Child Does Not Do This At Home There is a child in my class that is extremely smart. However, he is very sneaky and I catch him playing and being disruptive all day long. It has become a huge problem because I have to stop instruction every few minutes to redirect the behavior. When I talk to the mother she is just floored. She just does not understand how her child can be acting this way when he is so good for her at home. I do know that he is the only child. I have tried to figure out why he may be acting out and I was thinking that maybe it is because he is adjusting to being around other kids and in the "classroom" environment. Now, the mother is wanting to come in while I am teaching and observe to see how he is acting. I don't know how to tell her this but I just do not think that it will help. What are some ways I can handle this situation? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Having the parent observe will be a distraction and the parent will likely continue to find reasons in the classroom why the child is misbehaving. Try these two things...give him plenty of positive praise when he is behaving appropriately and have a talk with the student discussing the behaviors and the consequences for them.