Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Behavior Errors

When children don't follow rules sometime adults take it personally. People feel disrespected. Most often it has nothing more to do with disrespect than misspelling a word does.
Children have a natural predisposition to do what is right, that is what pleases the adults in their lives. The most productive response to a behavior error is to approach it at the same emotional level as a misspelled word. We point out the correct behavior and move on.
When there is reoccurring misbehavior the unwanted behaviors are somehow being reinforced.

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