Don't Call Us the Bad Kids

Don't Call Us the "Bad Kids" is about a boy named Xaiver's perspective of the elementary school he attends. This book discusses students that struggle with behaviors and how the incredible staff at his school provided him tools to assist with different behavior needs within the school. Xavier introduces you to other students in the school and the behavioral interventionist that showed the students choices that they could make to be successful. The tools given within the book are provided in the back of the book for School Counselors, Behavior Interventionists, or school personnel to use with students that may have behavioral struggles within their schools. This book depicts some of the students who come to school knowing school may be one of the places they feel loved and validated. The appreciation they have for the teachers and school staff for understanding them and thinking outside the box, providing a safe community for them to take risks.