Author: Simon K

Filling the Gap

“Between stimulus and response there is a space.  In that space is our power to choose our response.  In our

Aligning Passion and Purpose

On October 1, 2020 I celebrated the completion of my 19th year and the beginning of my 20th year with The Mandt System. What a

Maslow & Bloom

A phrase that seems to be making its way around education circles is “Maslow before Bloom”.  Maslow’s Hierarchy is a

Positive Acts of Trolling…

Is it still ‘Trolling’ if the anonymously posted comments are positive?  In the current climate of turmoil,

Close Enough to Count

There is a statement I have heard all of my life that goes “close only counts in horseshoes and hand

Investigating Behavior…

Reductionist explanations are often used to rationalize why a person behaves the way that they do.  “They’re just doing

A Behavior Plan for Your Staff

I recently saw a meme of an individual with a disability carrying a huge stack of papers that read, “If my staff had behavior

Difficult Conversations

2020 has been a strange year so far.  The Covid 19 pandemic and high profile events of excessive force and systemic racism

ALL People

If you follow The Mandt System at all, you know the underlying philosophy of the program is “All people have the right to be

There’s No Such Thing as “Sheeple”

Human beings are a social species.  We are not the strongest or fastest creatures in the animal kingdom.  What puts us