“Young children are social pattern detectors,” write Meltzoff and Gilliam. “They study our behavior and sometimes the nonverbal messages they receive aren’t always the ones we want to send…. When we exhibit biases in front of young children we’re instilling our biases in their minds....
Although, in these two studies [32,34], the teachers attributed the causes of challenging behaviours mainly to student- and family-related causes, they preferred choosing teacher-based strategies. The teachers were more interested in counselling, supporting, and talking to the students. Interventions...