Miss Loudermilk is hired to teach fifth grade and sets up he…

Miss Loudermilk is hired to teach fifth grade and sets up her classroom accordingly. She finds out at the last minute that, because of fluctuating enrollment numbers, she is actually going to be teaching first-graders. Fortunately, the room to which she is assigned is not changing; she does not have to pack up all her stuff and move. She knows she’ll have to change materials, books, and wall displays. With regard to her room arrangement, what advice would you give her?

Max storms into the room. “I left my math book at Dad’s hous…

Max storms into the room. “I left my math book at Dad’s house again Friday, and I don’t have it today! I hate it that my parents got divorced and that I have to live sometimes with Mom and sometimes with Dad! It gets me all messed up and I forget things. I wish things could just go back to the way they used to be!” An effective empathic response in this case would be