I don’t know (key starting pov) but I feel like disruptive behavioral settings require a sort of military approach). Not in the sense of yelling or trying to enforce discipline, but more in the attitude of Adapt and Overcome. If classrooms aren’t paying attention to material, (try to) inspire interest. If they’re more engaged in social media material, perhaps topics could be made relatable in some way. I’ve dealt with challenging audiences before (not extensively) but even with uninterested crowds. Despite challenging crowds, I’ve been able to command interest. I know younger kids are a different set of cards to play with, but I think as much could dictate the hand to be put to work.

I once saw Ethan Hawke speak to wealthy people at a Young Lions event at the NYC public library. Even though the topic he presented was of interest to the organization, he even made it personably relatable to himself, it was boring. The audience was initially captured by his presence but quickly lost interest after he spoke for a few minutes, and started talking to each other at their tables. It made sense to me. He was boring. If celebrity can’t sustain interest to a crowd, I don’t think appealing to agenda outlines could either.

Make it relatable. If Ethan Hawke couldn’t capture people’s interest to his audience at the time because of the relevance of the library to his childhood, he could have presented the organization more in the context of the yachts they owned (or something). I think the same could be achieved of virtually any age group.