Pediatric OT shares the underlying reasons behind children's behaviour and how to offer more effective support. By Dave JerebJan 11, 2024 iStock Parenting children with challenging behaviours isn't always easy, but there are simple and compassionate strategies that can help. In my two decades of...
Opening Acts: Performance in/as Communication and Cultural Criticism offers new, rigorous ways to analyze communication and culture through performance. Editor Judith Hamera, along with a distinguished list of contributors, provides students with cutting-edge readings of everyday life, space, history, ...
Kids are taught by pop culture to think it’s cool to talk back and put down parents and teachers. Added to this dynamic is the fact that Baby Boomers and Gen Xers are generally less authoritarian and more submissive than prior generations were, and therefore much less likely to...
As parents, we need to show self-control and use gentle words if we want our kids to do the same. It’s easy to respond with yelling or anger, but remember, your child is looking to you for cues on how to control his impulses and have good behavior. While it can be t...
In educational contexts there are few topics that receive as much attention from adults as children's behaviour that is seen as challenging. Challenging behaviour has been a topic in many disciplines, such as education, child psychiatry, psychology and special education. Along with the definition ...
are on your own.” They are all aghast. I go back to my desk, and one at a time the kids trickle back asking for help. This may seem harsh, but it works. I do eventually go back to the front of the room and ask in a humorous, sarcastic tone, "Would you like me to explain...
“When I had that job in Kingstone, I was teaching 30 kids in a class. You very rarely had a teaching assistant and there was no behaviour structure or system that was there to rescue you. When the door closed behind you you were on your own. You didn’t have a behaviour structure ...
So how should schools and parents deal with smart kids who are like me? Here’s a list of ten things parents can do to help their smart kids survive school. 1. Find teachers who are willing to work with you My parents were at wits end, but they constantly demanded that teachers find...
I never had low esteem until I was laid of of work then it hit the floor. I am doing a lot better now but it hasn't return to normal yet. Vote up, useful and insteresting, Joyce How to Help Kids Cope With Exam-Related Stress: 5 Tips ...
When playing with toys such as a tug of war rope, the dog should be taught to stop when told the "Drop it" command. To teach the dog this is quite easy: While playing the game, simply say, drop it, and stop pulling. If this doesn't work the first time, repeat the "Drop it"...