Behavior Quotes by Ross W. Greene

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It's a whole lot more productive to be in problem-solving mode than it is to be in behavior modification mode.

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Challenging behavior is just a signal, the fever, the means by which the kid is communicating that he or she is having…

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“Half of teachers leave the profession within their first four years, and kids with behaviour challenges and their parents are cited as…

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“When is challenging behavior most likely to occur? When the demands being placed on a kid exceed his capacity to respond adaptively.”

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“Challenging behavior occurs when the demands and expectations being placed upon a child outstrip the skills he has to respond adaptively.”

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Everybody is talking about the behavior. Behaviors float downstream to us. We need to paddle upstream. The problems that are causing the…

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You want to teach all kids the skills that are on the better side of human nature: empathy, appreciating how one's behavior…

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When there's a good fit between skills and expectations, there's what we call compatibility, and we would expect a good outcome. When…

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For a very long time, people have been saying to me, "What if you want to do this approach with every kid?"…

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“Whether a kid is sulking, pouting, whining, withdrawing, refusing to talk, crying, spitting, screaming, swearing, running out of the classroom, kicking, hitting,…

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People don't scream or swear or pout or sulk when there's compatibility. But most growth occurs when there's incompatibility. When it comes to resilience,…

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School is very demanding these days.

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“Half of teachers leave the profession within their first four years, and kids with behaviour challenges and their parents are cited as one of…

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A lot of parents aren't exactly sure how to go about solving a problem with a kid in a way that's mutually satisfactory -…

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We never get to see that our kid is capable of solving problems on her own. We never start to build up the faith…

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When there's a good fit between skills and expectations, there's what we call compatibility, and we would expect a good outcome. When there's a…

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Be your kid's collaborative partner, but also be a collaborative partner with the folks at school. Schools can be pretty unilateral too. Show them…

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“Challenging behavior occurs when the demands and expectations being placed upon a child outstrip the skills he has to respond adaptively.”

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“Whether a kid is sulking, pouting, whining, withdrawing, refusing to talk, crying, spitting, screaming, swearing, running out of the classroom, kicking, hitting, destroying property,…

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“The school discipline program isn’t working for the kids who aren’t doing well and isn’t needed by the kids who are.”

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“A kid shouldn't need a diagnosis to access help.”

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If a solution isn't mutually satisfactory, it's not going to stick.

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People still look askance at a kid in the supermarket who's pitching a fit and think the parent is not sufficiently in control or…

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The idea that we can take this lump of clay and mold it into a form of our choosing is absolutely ludicrous.

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We have forgotten that those skills on the more positive side of human nature have to be taught, have to be modeled, have to…

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