When working with children who are out of control you can rely on the following strategies to follow: You need a plan with specific alternatives in place when the child looses control. 1.Redirect the child. Take child by the hand and walk them to a totally different place in the room. 2. Use an outside… Read more »
I will control my tongue and will not allow it to speak mean, vulgar, or profane words. I will think before I speak. I will tell the truth and nothing but the truth. I will control my temper and will not get angry when people or things displease me. Even when indignant against wrong or… Read more »
Six humans trapped by happenstance In black and bitter cold Each possessed a stick of wood, Or so the story’s told. Their dying fire in need of logs, The first woman held hers back For on the faces around the fire She noticed one was black. The next man looking ‘cross the way Saw one… Read more »
(to the tune of “Frere Jacques”) I am waiting, I am waiting, Just for you, Just for you, Show me that you’re ready, Show me that you’re ready, 1, 2, 3 – eyes on me! 1, 2, 3 – looking at me! 1, 2, 3 – smiling at me! –
(To the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”) If you’re ready for a story find a seat, If you’re ready for a story find a seat, If you’re ready for a story check your hands and then your feet, If you’re ready for a story find a seat. –
Oppositionally defiant kids are really good at responding with their oppositional No . You might want to prepare another student with the correct response so when you ask them a question and the answer is yes, the prepared student answers with a resounding YES. At this time you ask the oppositional student how they made… Read more »
“It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.” — Alfred Adler (1870-1937), Austrian psychiatrist – Alfred Adler
Practical insight on the art of listening to others. When I ask you to listen to me and you start giving me advice, you have not done what I asked. When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn’t feel that way, you are trampling on my… Read more »
There are two different types of tantrums that kids demonstrate. One that we are all familiar with is used to manipulate the adult and gain power. If you give in when they are having this type of tantrum, you really are rewarding the behavior As soon as the child starts yelling and crying and acting… Read more »
Dear Gene, I just attended your seminar today and I thought I would pass along these books to you. Am I Really Different? by Evelien van Dort is a beautiful story about a ladybug with one spot and how she gets teased by the others. The other book is Ritalin-Free Kids: Safe and Effective Homeopathic… Read more »
