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A nice summary on sensory processing disorder: sensory seeker vs. sensory avoider
What’s underlying the behaviour:
A top down or bottom up?
A developmental challenge?
A stress response?
Conscious, intentional action?
Source: Mona Delahooke, Ph.D.
Let’s evolve the conversation around “screen time”.
5 Better Conversations To Have About Screens - Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families
happyfamilies.com.au
“Excess screen time has reduced our attention span to eight seconds, one less than that of a goldfish.” That’s a direct quote from the July 2019 International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists held in London. Other gems included commentary on how social media is “depleting our n...
😂 clever idea for Christmas family photo!Your annual reminder that you CAN create a family photo without actually involving the family...😄📸
More research that shows reading to kids helps build their intelligence as well as their understanding
All you have to do is this: Read to your child. Even if they already know how to read to themselves.
Allowing kids flexibility in their seating creates more comfortable learners and more tailored teaching.
Group tables, ottomans and gym balls: kids told us why flexible furniture helps them learn
theconversation.com
Our study of over 300 primary school students showed they preferred certain types of classroom furniture, and they clearly explained how it helped their learning experience.Wise words from Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.As adults, it’s important to question how we think about kids’ behaviors and how we respond to them. Most adults assume that when kids are acting out and having temporary or ongoing behavioral problems that they are always willfully choosing to misbehave.
Of course sometimes this is true, but a lot of times, especially when they are young, the kids who have the most difficult behaviors are acting that way because their nervous system and brain are having a reactive, stress response. When that happens, the kids don’t want to behave the way that they do, feel badly about it, and even dislike themselves because of it, which in turn feeds the dysregulation.
Behavior is communication about what skills a child still needs to build, or what they are not yet able to do well. So if we want a child to change their behavior, we need to change ours. We need to start by being curious, we need to identify what skills the child is communicating he doesn’t have yet, and then we need to rise up to help them build those skills.
Kids who struggle need help and support, and often the kinds of punishments and labels we give kids don’t do anything to teach them how to do things with better skill, and often make things worse because they make the child feel worse about themselves. When we see that our job as disciplinarians is to teach and build skills and to help children meet our high expectations and boundaries, and that behaviors are communication about what still needs to be taught, it can help us move away from counterproductive approaches and toward more effective ones.
#behavior #brainscience #emotions #stress #stressmanagement #parenting #tinapaynebryson #exercise #thewholebrainchild #nodramadiscipline #theyesbrain #thepowerofshowingup #thebottomlineforbaby
Helpful statements to say to an anxious child!8 things to say to an anxious child 🌺
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