Michael Reichert is an applied and research psychologist who has long been an advocate for children and families. From counseling youth involved in the juvenile justice system through experiences leading treatment teams in a psychiatric hospital, all the while managing an independent clinical practice, Dr. Reichert has tested his understanding of children with practical, even life-saving, challenges.

• Every single kind of problem was transformed based on relationship.
• It’s the adult’s job to be the relationship manager.
• Live up to your goals.
• Relational breakdowns.
• How do we promote the relationship between the boy and the teacher.
• Breakdowns happen all the time.
• It’s the responsibility of the relationship manager to monitor whether it has broken down.
• The boy that simply checks out and underperforms.
• Book I Can Learn From You: Boys as Relational Learners
• I won’t learn from you
• You may have to develop new skills out of your repertoire to reach kids.
• Every type of boy can be reached.
• When a teacher reaches their end of their rope, they need to reach out for their help.
• You recognize that this is really challenging and it is frustrating. You have the power to change this boy’s life, and I know it is hard, If you can bear with him and continue to check in with him, you can reach him.
• How to be a transformative principal? Understand that you are asking your teachers to do this emotional work and validate the challenge that it is while saying boys are relational learners first!

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