…when teachers are faced with an unruly and difficult-to-manage group of students they want to find an effective and fast-acting solution. After all, if students constantly interrupt, don’t follow directions,…
…discipline — and discipline does not provide a solution to even one of them: The most common reason for problem behaviour is immaturity. Children are not born with the ability…
…like to see instead. Then we can look at ways to inject some fun into an activity to make it engaging while also leading to the desired behaviour. When a…
…children in these circumstances: alarm and frustration. Alarm is a response to facing any kind of separation and frustration is about not being able to “make things work.” If a…
…compensate for immaturity and impulsivity. Some students are assigned to structured, adult-supervised activities during recess time. Some are helped to avoid crowded hallways by staying behind until things are calmer….
…defenses that are stuck, it will be common to have behaviour problems to have to work around until more vulnerable feelings come back online. It will involve protecting others, including…
…nod, and a “thank you” are well appreciated and can be given to all children at any time of the day. I could go on, but my time is up!…
…at heart. To be a gardener is to be curious about what a plant needs, to see what is working and what isn’t, and to attempt to provide for the…
…this season– ones that have connection and joy at their heart. Heather Ferguson (Canada), whose “kids” are twenty-two and sixteen, writes about how her family’s annual holiday traditions of crafting…
…feeling too much separation from the adults that they are attached to or feeling too much shame or a sense of unsafety. Separation can be experienced either emotionally or physically,…