25 Ways to Talk So Children Will Listen | Ask Dr. Sears®
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Interpersonal Communication in the Classroom: How to Talk so that Your Difficult to Handle Student Listens
On this month’s blog, I share some “tricks of the trade” in interpersonal communication so that teachers and school staff can improve efficiency in managing students that are difficult to handle and/or noncompliant. 1. Remain Calm When addressing misbehavior, lower your voice and speak slower. Loud (angry) messages are lost beneath all the noise and harsh words that accompany them. Project self-confidence and deliver your message using a business-like tone. 2. Stay in the Present Do not dwell on past behavior, or something that happened weeks earlier. Correct only behavior that is happening here and now . 3. Own Your Message Change “You-messages” to “I-messages.” For example, instead of saying, “ You are such a potty mouth!” say, “ I feel uneasy because I do not like being cursed.” Do not take the child’s behavior personally. 4. Challenge the Child When you address misbehavior, keep it simple but keep it challenging . The simplest and most challenging me...
Free Lesson Plans and Exercises: Social-Emotional Literacy
Just published on my Scribd author's page. To download your copies, click on each title. FACTS ABOUT FEELINGS SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DICTIONARY WITH EXERCISES SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING SHEET FREE LESSON PLAN: OBSERVATION OR EVALUATION? FREE LESSON PLAN: HALF-FULL OR HALF-EMPTY? FREE LESSON PLAN: HOW DO I FEEL? A Call to All Teachers: Proudly announcing our new group for educators worldwide, “ We Teach the World .” Our aim is to connect teachers and related school personnel all over the world, so that we can share much-needed ideas, strategies, and lesson plans as well as all kinds of resources in classroom management and in student discipline. Coordinating our effort worldwide, we can tell each other where to find important resources and information. If you administer a teaching blog or have created educational resources to facilitate our job, you are welcome to share them here. As long as they contribute to education, we want to know of your business. Teachers with que...