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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here. You need to meet in person with the teacher AND guidance counselor and find out exactly what this looks like in class and how it compares to other kids in the same class.

Then you ask what strategies the teacher is using to help teach your child how to behave in class. My guess is that this is a newer teacher.

Then you explain that you can’t do much because you aren’t there in class, and that your child is very young and you talking to her at home about it won’t help much.

They can start with one period of time a day, like math, and give her three tickets. Every time she talks, she hands in a ticket. When the three are gone, no more talking.

They need a visual reminder for her to be quiet. They need to point out times when she can talk freely. She needs to understand the whole dynamic and how her talking makes others feel, without shaming her for her need to communicate.

Is she impulsive in other ways? Is she lonely? Because she has this need to socially communicate, you need to parent her with this in mind, and set aside ten or fifteen minutes in the morning and after school to let her tell you whatever she wants and you make eye contact and smile and nod and let her feel heard. She has a right to have her needs met, even if it isn’t up your alley. It’s hard to parent a kid with a different temperament, but you have to.

She’s not trying to be disobedient at school. She’s trying to get her needs met.[/quote]

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