Learning from Behavior: How to Understand and Help "Challenging" Children in School

Цена 44.95 - 67.98 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9780275990404

Автор

Издатель Praeger Publishers

Страниц 168

Год выпуска 2007

Understanding children"s problem behaviors in school- seeing beyond the surface actions to reveal and name the root needs fueling those actions -is vital to helping the child. Yet, whether teachers in schools or parents at home, adults often make quick, cursory assessments, then an intervention is sprung. Explanations might be sought from the child, who often resists and becomes more distant. Punishment can occur and things are "taken away," but the behavior worsens. These scenarios and similar occurrences frustrate parents, teachers, and other school professionals alike. In Learning from Behavior, Levine shows us how to observe, question, and think about problem behaviors in such a way that we can understand what is motivating the children to act as they do. Behavior, after all, often represents what the child cannot communicate, due to language limitations, level of psychological development, or traumatic experience. Children think differently; they are not small adults. We need to...