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“If we're being unilateral, then communication does not happen, the relationship does not happen.” quote by Ross W. Greene — Download Open image

“If we're being unilateral, then communication does not happen, the relationship does not happen.”

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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 you know how to collaborate. Show them this is not about power. Let them know detentions and suspensions and paddling don't solve the problems that are affecting kids' lives. Those problems can be identified and solved…

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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, or worse, you won’t know what to do about the challenging behavior until you understand why it’s occurring (lagging skills) and pinpoint the specific situations in which it occurs (unsolved problems). Lagging skills are the why…

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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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A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an answer. Thus the question is suspended between the two persons involved in this answer and question. It is like a bud with untouched blossoms . . . If the question is left totally untouched by thought,…

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Life as we know it is fundamentally unsatisfying. I think most folks feel this to be true. They know that a life of aimless consumption isn't much of a life. And work offers us very little satisfaction. Plus our work and consumption is destroying the environment. And this is in the rich countries. Add starvation, etc. to the mix, and…

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